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By Mike Scott
“Deborah needs to buy 36 cupcakes for a class party. She buys four containers that each have six cupcakes. She creates the equation shown to find out how many more cupcakes, c, she needs to buy.
(4×6) + c = 36
How many more cupcakes does Deborah need to buy?”
This simple algebraic equation is among the sample questions given to third grade math students on the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) test.
A fifth-grade math question asked:
A construction company is moving large rocks. It takes ¾ hour to move 12 rocks. The construction company already moved 60 of the 144 rocks that need to be moved. How long, in hours, will it take the construction company to move the remaining rocks?
A. 3 3/4
B. 5 1/4
C. 7
D. 9
“I wanted you all to see the types of questions on the MAP test,” he said, passing around a packet of sample questions from which the above questions were taken.
“Our ARP (Annual Performance Report) went up by two points,” CCR-1 Superintendent Dr. Ritchie Kracht told board members. “A lot of schools in northeast Missouri went down.”
“The federal government requires testing, but the states determine the test,” he said.
“Missouri’s test is more challenging than other states’ tests,” said Megan Wendling.
Missouri’s MAP score reflects a district’s performance in several key areas, including academic achievement, academic growth, graduation rate and other measures.
“It’s a snapshot of one moment in time,” said Kracht.
Many factors impact the testing, including the fact that all tests are administered on computers.
“They have to understand the technology to be able to take the test,” he said.
Another factor impacting scores is that students are required to read the tests for themselves, even if they have an education plan where their normal assignments and tests are read to them.
“Kids that don’t read well struggle on the test,” said Kracht.
Yet another area of concern is that DESE’s designation of “Proficient” isn’t what people think it means.
“Proficient is performing above grade level,” Kracht said. “People think it means performing at the level they should be for their grade.”
“It’s a high stakes test for schools, with no stakes for the kids taking the test,” Kracht added.
In other business, the board:
•Heard a report that the safety laminate has been installed on windows
•Will review several policies related to legalized marijuana at the next meeting.
•Kracht reported that intruder training was done on January 3.
“It really empowers teachers to know what to do if anything were to happen,” he said.
•Accepted the resignation of High School Principal Ben Taylor at the end of the school year.
•Accepted the resignation of janitor Curtis Yates, and hired Ronnie Gutting to replace him.
•Hired Joe Vineyard as a school bus driver.
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