[sac-forum] Ariz. students struggle on 1st science AIMS test
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- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:52:24 -0700
Ariz. students struggle on 1st science AIMS test
Failure rate on state science test shows need for improvement
by Ofelia Madrid - Sept. 17, 2008 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic
The first round of statewide science testing shows Arizona students'
science knowledge lags far behind their achievement in math, reading and
writing.
The state's first science AIMS test was administered in the spring.
Statewide results, released today, show that more than 60 percent of
high-school students failed.
Numbers were slightly better in the earlier grades, where about half of
fourth- and eighth-grade students passed the exam.
The results of the exam officially known as Arizona's Instrument to
Measure Standards are used by the federal government to measure whether
schools are achieving under the No Child Left Behind Act.
In high school, 38 percent of students passed the new science portion of
the test. Students did better in the test's other areas: 67 percent
passed math, 68 percent passed writing and 73 percent passed reading on
their first try this spring.
"This shows that schools need to be teaching our students more science,"
said Tom Horne, Arizona superintendent of public instruction.
Horne said the scores came in about where he expected. But he expects
science scores to be higher in the future as teachers increase science
instruction by incorporating it into other subjects.
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