08/29/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed: The Greenwich Time Editors Start To Get Real About Test Scores

When Greenwich Roundup Types The Greenwich Time Listens..... First Greenwich Roundup Posted This..... 08/27/09 Greenwich Time Cub Reporter Colin "BOE Brown Nose" Gustafson Wont Tell You The Truth, But Greenwich Roundup Will..... Principal Damaris Rau was shown the door and is now headed to an undisclosed position at an undisclosed Connecticut School district, because ..... Hamilton Avenue School was once again the lowest scorer among the 11 elementary schools in Greenwich Here Is More Evidence That Western Greenwich Is Getting Screwed Over By The Greenwich Board Of Education ..... Western Middle School was the lowest scorer of all of the town's three middle schools The achievement gap between disadvantaged students of Western Greenwich and their wealthier peers continues to grow. The wide gulf between white and Hispanic high schoolers grew wider between 2008 and 2009. The percentage of white students reaching goal jumped from 83 percent to 87 percent, while the percentage of Hispanics at that level declined from 54 percent to 47 percent. The United States Department Of Justice has inquired about Hamilton Avenue School and they are going to be back if the Greenwich Board Of Education continue to refuse to fix the failing schools in Western Greenwich. Meanwhile, Greenwich Time Cub Reporter Colin "BOE Brown Nose" Gustafson Is Putting On His Rose Colored Sunglasses And Cheerfully Reporting..... Greenwich students' test scores on the rise Now The Greenwich Time Is Changing It's Tune And The Greenwich Time Editors Are Publishing This Today..... Excellence the only lesson plan for Greenwich Greenwich Time ....But while the start of the school year is about a bright outlook, it's important to see with clear eyes. Greenwich schools are still not where they need to be. Results of last spring's Connecticut Academic Performance Test are a good illustration. While 10th graders who took the test made strong progress, particularly in reading and science, overall results shouldn't be acceptable to anyone in a town like this one. For example, even with a 10-point jump, only 71.4 percent of 10th graders reached the goal level in reading. On a report card that's a C-. ... ....Same goes for results on the Connecticut Mastery Tests, which students in grades three through eight took in the spring...... But this is not a B- town. Nor should it be a town in which only 73.1 percent of our elementary schoolers reach the goal in science..... .....Yes, people have pride in this town. But if it's not continually earned and re-earned, it's merely hubris, and that's the way to failure. Across the board, excellence is the only standard a town like Greenwich should accept, in all things, but particularly its schools...... The Raw Greenwich News Feed Continues.....

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