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High test scores don’t result in good grades on state report card

High test scores don’t result in good grades on state report card
Board members gave the go ahead for the design contract for the school referendum project. The designs incorporate the maroon and gold colors of the school and details referencing the area’s logging heritage. Board members approved the design but noted that the tree artwork should be either white pine or hemlock which were heavily harvested in the area. BRIAN WILSON/THE STAR NEWS
High test scores don’t result in good grades on state report card
Board members gave the go ahead for the design contract for the school referendum project. The designs incorporate the maroon and gold colors of the school and details referencing the area’s logging heritage. Board members approved the design but noted that the tree artwork should be either white pine or hemlock which were heavily harvested in the area. BRIAN WILSON/THE STAR NEWS

Assessment scores are up but the state report card grade was not thanks to how the Department of Public Instruction weighs different areas of the assessments tool.

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