News Brief
Nebraska Schools, Students Show Improvement on State Tests
Nebraska Radio Network (11/20/2012) Martin, Brent
The Nebraska Education Department has released a report on public schools and student progress, indicating that three of four school districts graduated 90 percent or more of their high school students. More than 50 school districts graduated all of their seniors, with 88 percent of high school seniors graduating across the state, up from 86 percent last year. Most school districts demonstrated improvement and growth under the new accountability system. State Education Commissioner Roger Breed said, "First of all, as we reported last August, the overall story is that Nebraska public school students are making progress and we attribute that to Nebraska teachers and administrators who have consistently demonstrated this trend over the last decade. On this measure, 185 of 248 school districts demonstrated improvement across the grades on the reading tests, 177 of 248 school districts demonstrated improvement across the grades on the math tests." As for student scores, 74.2 percent of students passed the reading tests, up from 71.8 percent the year before; math scores improved to 67.4 percent from 62.8 percent; 66.9 percent scored proficient in science; and 73.3 percent were proficient in writing.
This news brief was summarized for Chiefline, CCSSO's weekly newsletter. Click here to receive Chiefline in your inbox weekly. Newsbrief Copyright 2012 INFORMATION, INC.