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  Strom Thurmond HSAP Scores Show Increase in Performance: Scores Above State Average web posted November 25, 2009 JOHNSTON – The State Department of Education has released HSAP scores and 77.2 percent of Strom Thurmond High School 10th graders passed both sections of the state’s exit exam scoring at Level 2 or higher on the test’s four achievement levels. These results represent and increase of .9 percent from the 2008 percentage of 76.3. Strom Thurmond High school 10th graders were above the state average of 76.1. The HSAP (High School Assessment Program) meets both federal and state requirements. It meets the requirement of the South Carolina Education Accountability ACT (EAA) of 1998 that each public school student pass an exit examination to receive a South Carolina high school diploma. It is also used to measure students’ academic achievement on high school standards in accordance with the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The HSAP assesses selected South Carolina academic standards in English Language Arts and Mathematics that students have had opportunity to learn by the end of the tenth grade. The English language arts examination consists of multiple-choice and constructed-response items and an extended response writing item. Students may use dictionaries only during the extended-response writing portion of the examination. The mathematics test consists of multiple-choice items and three constructed-response items that require students to show their work to support their answers. Students may choose to use calculators while taking any part of the mathematics examination. Dr. Mary R. Crenshaw stated, “The 77.2 percentage passing on the first attempt of the exam signifies a positive measure of maintaining quality instruction at the high school. The educators will continue to focus on extra instruction to assist students who may have missed one section or both sections of the exam and we are confident that these teachers and students will reach achievement.” © Copyright 2009
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