{"id":2012523,"date":"2023-08-25T20:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T00:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-public-school-officials-release-sobering-results-of-math-and-english-assessments\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T20:04:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T00:04:58","slug":"dc-public-school-officials-release-sobering-results-of-math-and-english-assessments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-public-school-officials-release-sobering-results-of-math-and-english-assessments\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Public School Officials Share &#8216;Alarming&#8217; Math and English Assessment Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div 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style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>The results from the District of Columbia statewide spring 2023 education assessments in English \u2063language arts (ELA) and math were released on Aug. 23, and the district&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-education-group-launches-schoolhouse-shock-program-to-document-extremism-in-the-classroom\/\" title=\"North Carolina Education Group Launches \u2018Schoolhouse Shock\u2019 Program To Document Extremism In The Classroom\">public school officials<\/a> said they were sobering.<\/p>\n<p>The report (<a href=\"https:\/\/osse.dc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/dc\/sites\/osse\/page_content\/attachments\/Assessment%202023%20Deck_.08.24_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>),\u2063 released\u2064 by the Office of the State Superintendent \u200cof Education (OSSE), assessed students in\u2064 third grade through eighth grade \u2063and \u200dsome <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-education-sec-on-womens-school-sports-we-have-a-legal-responsibility-to-include-transgender-athletes\/\" title=\"Biden Education Sec On Women\u2019s School Sports: We Have a \u2018Legal Responsibility\u2019 to Include Transgender Athletes\">high school students<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, only one-third of students, or 33.6 \u2062percent, are \u201cmeeting or exceeding expectations\u201d in\u200b ELA, and\u2062 21.8 percent of these students reached \u200cthe same standard in math.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related \u200bStories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/in-depth-if-parents-want-their-rights-back-they-must-end-teacher-union-monopoly-5397259\">IN-DEPTH: If Parents Want Their\u200b Rights Back They\u200c Must End Teacher Union Monopoly:\u2064 Expert<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">7\/13\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/in-depth-if-parents-want-their-rights-back-they-must-end-teacher-union-monopoly-5397259\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/california-teachers-union-threatens-local-school-board-with-legal-action-over-flag-policy-5369313\">California \u2063Teachers\u2019 Union Threatens Local School Board With Legal\u200d Action Over Flag Policy<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">7\/1\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/california-teachers-union-threatens-local-school-board-with-legal-action-over-flag-policy-5369313\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe data remains \u200dsobering, with \u2064many of our\u2063 district students \u200bcontinuing to score\u200b at Level 1, indicating they\u2019re furthest away\u2062 from grade \u2064level expectations,\u201d\u2062 said\u2064 Kelley Scholl, assistant superintendent of data, assessment,\u200d and \u200cresearch for DC Public Schools.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Scholl went through the results of the study\u200b at\u2062 a\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-won-in-2020-the-same-way-soviet-basketball-won-gold-in-1972\/\" title=\"Biden's 2020 victory, like Soviet basketball's 1972 gold, was triumphant.\">round \u200dtable discussion<\/a> at Friendship Blow Pierce Elementary and\u2064 Middle School\u200d in\u2063 Washington on Aug. 24.<\/p>\n<p>Also at the event were Josephine Bias\u200d Robinson,\u200b executive \u2064director for the District of Columbia&#8217;s\u2063 Education \u200bResearch Collaborative at the Urban Institute; Christina Grant, state superintendent \u200bof education for \u2063the district; Lewis Ferebee, chancellor of DC Public Schools; Michelle Walker-Davis, executive director \u2063of the DC Public Charter\u2063 School Board; \u2062and Paul \u2063Kihn, deputy mayor for education.<\/p>\n<h2>Small \u2064Gains<\/h2>\n<p>Excluding students with\u200b disabilities, \u200cthe students surveyed in the \u2064study had a 2.6\u200b percent\u200d gain \u200din math and a 2.9 percent gain in ELA.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/incoming-nyc-schools-chancellor-backs-claim-that-america-was-built-on-lies\/\" title=\"Incoming NYC Schools Chancellor Backs Claim That America Was \u2018Built On Lies\u2019\">elementary school students<\/a> in\u200b grades three to five \u200bhad a 2.8 percent increase in ELA and 4.2 percent increase in math.\u2064 Middle school students had a \u200d4.5 percent increase in English and 2.3 \u200cpercent increase in\u200b math.<\/p>\n<p>High school\u200d students&#8217; scores increased by only 0.3 \u200cpercent \u2062and \u20630.1 percent in ELA and math,\u200c respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Walker-Davis said this is especially true among students with disabilities or those students who have individualized education plans, \u200bor IEPs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u200c is a sobering reminder of the \u2064work that we still need to do \u2062for our students with disabilities,\u201d said \u200dMs. Walker-Davis.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, over half of students with disabilities scored at the lowest level\u200c on\u200d both the math and ELA assessments.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kihn said his focus will be \u2063to continue to\u2063 scale up the strategies that \u200dare working, especially for children\u2062 with IEPs.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Washington \u2063Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks at\u200b a news conference at the John Wilson Building in Washington on March 14, 2022. (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;In particular, when we look at what we&#8217;ve called here \u2062the very sobering\u2063 differential results among some of our student \u2064groups\u2014the economically\u200b disadvantaged students that we\u2063 are serving, students with special needs\u2014it is, of course, an ongoing priority that we understand how to serve those students better,&#8221;\u2063 Mr. Kihn said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Grant said she is glad to\u2063 see some\u2062 progress and believes it \u2064is because of all the investments the public\u200c school system has \u2062made in literacy\u2062 training for \u200cteachers, but\u200b the \u200bresults also show that the district \u200cneeds to invest\u2062 more in math training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor \u2063me, that will be more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-public-school-officials-release-sobering-results-of-math-and-english-assessments\/\" title=\"DC Public School Officials Share 'Alarming' Math and English Assessment Results\">high-quality professional development\u200c opportunities<\/a>, but we&#8217;re also going to \u200cweigh in\u200d on curriculum, models, programs, interventions that will allow our educators to have \u2064more tools in their toolbox when we think about mathematics \u2062instruction,\u201d \u200cshe \u200csaid.<\/p>\n<h2>Long Road Ahead<\/h2>\n<p>Mr. Ferebee said that over 75 percent of students are being provided paid \u200dtutoring with the extra funding from\u200b the federal\u2064 government.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the $1 billion in federal stimulus funds that were\u2064 allocated to support multiyear recovery \u200bin\u200c public education \u200band child care sectors, approximately $300 \u2064million is allocated to \u200bsupport DC \u200cPublic\u200c Schools.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Grant said she wants to make sure all parents know the abundance of\u200d resources that are available for children \u2062with a disability, including \u2062the DC Speci<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The District of Columbia released the spring 2023 education assessment results for ELA and math on Aug. 23. Public school officials found them sobering. 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