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By Josh Verges Slightly more South Dakota students met expectations on statewide math and reading tests this year. In both math and reading, the South Dakota Department of Education reported 76 percent of students taking the Dakota STEP this spring tested proficient or advanced. In each subject, that's up from 75 percent in 2009. However, the number of schools that failed to meet adequate yearly progress grew from 89 to 98 - that's 15 percent of the state's schools. At the school district level, the same six districts as last year failed to meet AYP. They are Eagle Butte, Rapid City, Shannon County, Sioux Falls, Sisseton and Todd County. The state made progress in getting trained and fully certified teachers into classrooms. In 2009, 1.7 percent of classes were not taught by highly qualified teachers. That fell to .9 percent this year. In releasing the 2010 No Child Left Behind report cards today, the state also announced a new teacher training initiative called Reading Up. For each grade level, it will focus on the two reading standards that give students the most trouble. |
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