By Sherri Ellington
With the full numbers in, Pike County schools are again on top of things when it comes to Adequate Yearly Progress – raised standards notwithstanding, all schools made AYP.
All four schools ace AYP
At the middle school, 73.5% of all students with disabilities met or exceeded state standards in reading/English language arts and achieved a 17.7% gain in math over last year’s scores. Students with disabilities at the elementary school saw a 16.4% increase in math over last year’s scores. The high school achieved a 31% gain over last year’s scores, with 68.4% of students with disabilities meeting or exceeding state standards in English/language arts.
Pike County schools have seen an increase in the graduation rate of 12% since 2007 and 22% since 2004, the last year they were below state average.
On the phasing-out Georgia High School Graduation Tests, the high school increased its percent passing on four of five graduation tests, including a 5% jump in science.
For the whole story, read the August 17 print/e-edition of the Pike County Journal Reporter.
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Pike County schools have seen an increase in the graduation rate of 12% since 2007 and 22% since 2004, the last year they were below state average.
On the phasing-out Georgia High School Graduation Tests, the high school increased its percent passing on four of five graduation tests, including a 5% jump in science.
For the whole story, read the August 17 print/e-edition of the Pike County Journal Reporter.
To subscribe, click here.
this is where i saw it. The school hasn't posted anything formally as of today that I saw.
http://public.doe.k12.ga.us/ayp2011/overview.asp?SchoolID=714-0000-b-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-0-0
Pssst! Psst! Psssst! Listen up and I'll tell you. Keep it between just us. OK?
I don't know if it's a rumor or not, but, my sophomore daughter indicated some of the Seniors' parents had applied for an Obama P.O.L.E.C.A.T Grant introduced in a bill last week by Las Vegas's favorite politician, Nevada Senator Harry Reid (D). In light of mild lukewarm arm-twisted apologies given by a couple of scared Seniors, the P.O.L.E.C.A.T Grant (People Of Lesser Education Complaining About Treatment) may fall through and not be awarded to our local Goodtime Charlies.
POLECAT guidelines are very specific regarding not a single apology is to be given by any student for any act of vandalism. "I'm Sorrys" that might be issued must come from the students' parents who always make excuses and condone their children's permissive behavior. We have seen a lot of that on this Trashy Thread.
There is a backup plan in case Obama money doesn't come to the 2012 Seniors.
Again, it may be a rumor, but, I heard some local politicians have a hidden bank account called the S.O.B. Fund. (Scratch Our Back Fund) where they are able to funnel laundered Political Action Committee money to the children of their liberal supporters.
It's said, Dawg Mangerum keeps a tight fist around the S.O.B Fund purse strings.
If the funding falls through, maybe the BOE will authorize a couple of school busses to be temporarily painted in the wild psychedelic colors of the old Grateful Dead tour bus and those little touble makers driven out to the bright lights of Las Vegas by Mr. Maddox and his assistants. Truckin' to Vegas. Jerry Garcia would be proud...Keep On Truckin'
Pay 'ten-shun' students because y'all must pass summer classes ensuring teachers receive credit for accomplishing a great deal by their charges sliding across the finish line in a cloud of eraser dust to hear the BOE shout, "YOU ARE SAFE AYP!" Good job!
It appears there are many less than stellar graduates in this state that probably can't read what is written upon the diplomas they hold in their grubby little hands. Want fries too?
As Pat Boone and Fats Domino sez: "Aint That a Shame?"
maybe you should leave this site forever since you can't even do something as simple as check a link before you run your mouth.
just because i prove you wrong and sheila proves you wrong doesn't mean we need to leave. it means we need to continue to educate you. if you would put aside your jealousy, you could learn something instead of remaining ignorant your entire life.
pike county high school did not meet AYP.
after an additional summer for seniors who did not learn anything the first 12 years, where they were taught exactly how to pass the graduation tests, pike county high was able to squeak by.
Wrong, can you post a link to show where you saw it did make AYP? Or are you really "just wrong"?
And for post #3, I've seen FBT prove many people wrong time and time again. Maybe you were one of them.
That being said, the real question of how much students are learning would be the scores on aptitude test such as the SAT.
You and Tolley are helpless but the three loser's on the BOC are going to continue being educated by Macia's lawyer. Too bad it will be at the expense of all the taxpayers of Pike County.
Testing is very important but can never be the only measure when looking into progress. As a society we focus to much on "processes" and not enough on critical thinking and problem solving.
Also, when I said people need to be trained on how AYP works, I was referring to the fact that there is MUCH more involved than simply test scores. While test scores are a huge factor, there are other factors that go into the formula to determine whether or not a school makes AYP!
I have 4 kids Pike County Schools and a wife in college. I know what the test look like compared to what I had in High School and College. I hire alot of young people, many straight out of college, and see the outcome of today's schools. I recently hired an engineer directly out of a prestigous engineering school who had very little knowledge of how to apply his proffession.
Even if Pike County failed its AYP, I still beleive it to be a far superior system than most schools that pass. I am saying that, as far as I am concerned, making AYP does not mean much.