Math and Science Pull Down TAKS
June 2, 2005
There’s an article in the Dallas Morning News today about math and science scores on the TAKS test in Southwest Dallas County schools.
In the Cedar Hill school district, only 54 percent of 10th-graders passed the science portion of the state-mandated test. Those numbers are even more disheartening in DeSoto, Lancaster, and Duncanville.
“We certainly have a lot of work to do in math and science,” said Dr. Jim Gibson, Cedar Hill school district superintendent. “We fell short of meeting the challenge of increasing those scores.”
Dr. Gibson said staff and faculty are assessing how to better focus instructional time and how to allocate fiscal resources to meet that demand in the upcoming budget year.
“We also have to make sure students’ time is properly scheduled,” Dr. Gibson said.
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