North Judson-San Pierre school officials are putting their summer school plans together. A list of potential course offerings was recently approved by the school board.
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The Knox School Board finalized the latest round of policy updates last week, according to Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart. “We had NEOLA policies from the previous meeting that we did, and the board approved all those policies without any comment,” he says.
Continue readingA few policies related to student health are among those set to get an update at Knox Community Schools. During Tuesday’s school board meeting, Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart presented a number of recommendations from policy consultant NEOLA.
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The Culver Community Schools Corporation is putting plans together for summer school. A list of courses and teachers was approved by the school board last week, according to Superintendent Karen Shuman. “We’ll be offering a recovery program at the high school level, along with band and agricultural classes at the high school level, and then doing an IREAD program at the elementary,” she explains.
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As students around Indiana take the ISTEP for the final time, school officials are looking ahead to the new ILEARN test.
The Culver School Board continues to make arrangements for summer school classes. On Monday, board members approved the appointment of Mary James as the summer school teacher for Culver Community Middle/High School. They also gave permission for band director Jason Crittendon to offer a summer band program.
The Culver School Board will continue discussing plans for summer school when it meets tonight. The summer band program, as well as the appointment of a summer school teacher for the middle/high school, will be up for board consideration. Board members approved plans for the elementary school’s IREAD remediation program earlier this month.
The Culver Community Schools Corporation is starting to plan for summer school. The school board Monday approved a remediation program for third graders who didn’t pass the recent IREAD test, according to Superintendent Karen Shuman.
The IREAD test is a state test given to all third grade students to measure their reading abilities and comprehension. If the student does not pass the test, he or she will be able to go through remediation and take the test again in the summer.
The West Central School Board members discussed the results of the IREAD test at their recent meeting. The IREAD test was administered to the third grade students and if the students did not pass the test then they would need to get additional instruction and retake the test in June. If the students are not successful in their second attempt, they will be required to retake third grade reading next year.
The North Judson-San Pierre School Board got an update on how the third grade students performed on the state mandated IREAD test. This is a new test and if the students do not pass the test the first time, they will have a second chance in the summer. If the student cannot pass the test the second time, the child will be held back to retake the third grade reading class.
The IREAD 3 results are in, and Oregon-Davis Elementary Principal William Bennett has announced some good news: 97.5 percent of Oregon-Davis Elementary students passed the test. The 2.5 percent of students that did not pass the test will be given extra instruction, and will have one chance to retake the test this summer. If they fail the test a second time, they will be required to receive reading instruction at the third-grade level for the 2012-2013 school year.
Bennett says he is extremely proud of all the third-grade students, parents, and staff, for “making sure students have the essential skills to become lifelong readers.” He credits early Title 1 reading interventions, full-day kindergarten, parental support, and the school’s dedication to the 90-minute reading block as key factors that led to this great success on the IREAD 3 test.
The Knox Community Elementary third grade students recently took a new test called IREAD and the results are in. It’s important that the students pass this test as it plays a big role in if the student moves onto fourth grade. Superintendent A.J. Gappa says the students did well.
Students at the West Central School Corporation will be engaged in testing this month. Superintendent Charles Mellon talks about what tests will be administered.
“We have a full slate of ISTEP and I think we have acuity testing also in March,” said Mellon. “We also have the IREAD test which will be most interesting this year. This is the year that if you’re not reading a grade level by the end of the third grade, then you have to retake the test after some remediation and if you still do not pass it after the second test, you then have to take the same third grade IREAD test the following year. So, your instruction is then a year behind.”
The IREAD results are expected back to the corporation in April.
he Department of Education has developed a new test for third grade students called IREAD. Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Knox Community School Corporation, Peggy Shidaker, talks about the IREAD test.
“It’s a little bit different from ISTEP in that IREAD measures only foundational reading skills that students should have acquired from Kindergarten through grade three.”
