Action plan to address test scores in Ridgewood
Thursday December 27, 2012, 4:48 PM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Middle school administrators in Ridgewood have drafted an action plan to address sixth- to eighth-grade students’ language arts scores on state tests.
From 2007 to 2012, middle school language arts scores, while still high in comparison to state averages, have generally not faired as well in comparison to similar public school districts, administrators said. Middle school math scores in Ridgewood, however, are now largely on target with averages at similar districts, they noted, and Ridgewood’s elementary school language arts scores are relatively high.
While avoiding specifics, administrators at a recent Board of Education (BOE) meeting said they are currently gauging the feasibility of increasing the time students spend in their English classrooms, potentially offering “double period English” in grade 6. In addition, the middle schools are using Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) testing to earlier identify which students are doing well and which are struggling academically.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/184975481_Action_plan_to_address_test_scores_in_Ridgewood.html
It is obivous that the English departments are not getting the job done. I don’t know what to say about it. The subject matter is dry and the teachers are sooooooooooo boring. The hs english teachers think that they are subject matter geniuses, but they are unbelieveably BORING in presentation. I am glad that I am not in one of the hs classes. They all wish that they were writers or college professors. Sorry, just do the job that you were hired for.
looks like the Ridgewood blog was RIGHT with all it criticism of school curriculum the last 5 plus years