MASON - Bruce Barbour, executive director of curriculum for Mason Public Schools, said he was pleased with the recent results on the Michigan Educational Assessment Program MEAP) test.
"Congratulations are in order for Gina Stanley, principal of North Aurelius Elementary, and her staff and students where 100 percent of the building's third- and fourth-graders were deemed proficient on the mathematics portion of the assessment," Barbour said.
Also, 75 percent of Steele St. Elementary's fourth-grade students were proficient on the newly reinstated writing assessment compared to the state average of only 47 percent.
Steele Principal Kathy Dean attributed the students' success to the implementation by her staff of the Lucy Calkins writing program, which has been taught to Steele's third-graders longer than at any other of Mason's elementary buildings.
Mason plans to launch this program district-wide in grades 3-6 next fall.
Other highlights of Mason's results:
• Fourth-, fifth- and seventh-grade students scored higher than last year in both reading and math.
• Sixth- and eighth-grade students' reading scores were at about the same levels as last year, but students averaged a three-year high in social studies (sixth), science (eighth) and math.
• The percent of Mason students deemed proficient was higher than both the state and Ingham County averages in 17 of the 18 areas of assessment on the 2010 MEAP, with seventh-grade writing being the exception. A total of 43 percent of seventh-graders were proficient on the writing portion, which matched the county average while the state average was 48 percent, Barbour said.
- From Mason Public Schools
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