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  District Receives End-Of-Course Results web posted December 12, 2006 Edgefield County School District has received end-of-course tests results for the 2005-2006 school year. The Education Accountability Act of 1998 mandates the end-of-course tests. In math, students enrolled in Algebra 1 courses and Mathematics for the Technologies 2 takes the algebra end-of-course test. Content standards for both courses are the same. Similarly, students enrolled in Biology 1 and Applied Biology 2 take the same end-of-course test in biology; content standards for both courses are the same. English 1 and Physical Science end-of-course round out the four tests. U.S. History and Constitution tests will be added in this current school year but will not be used as a student accountability measure until the following year. STHS # Tested PASS Alg1 198 66.2 Bio 97 83.5 Eng.1 221 62.9 Phy.Sci 244 44.7 FOX Alg 1 42 66.7 Bio 56 64.3 English 1 47 76.7 Phy. Scie 38 31.6 JET #Tested Pass Alg 1 48 100% English 1 33 100% Mer Middle Alg. 1 43 100% English 1 34 100% Dr. Frank Roberson, Associate Superintendent for Instructional Services said, “Our students performed as well or greater than the state average. We are however examining the Physical Science results. It appears that the state test does not match the state content standards which results in a poorly designed test. As such, parents should not be alarmed by the results. As we report this, the state is attempting to fix this problem with the alignment to state content standards.” He concluded, “We encourage students to take classroom instruction very seriously because it is in the classroom where skills and knowledge are made available for students to perform well on these test.” For
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