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Friday, August 3, 2012

Farmington School Officials Looking for More Information on State Report Cards

Supt. Susan Zurvalec says the district may be required to open choice options for 'Focus' schools that are also Title I schools, but officials don't know how that will work.

Farmington Public Schools Supt. Susan Zurvalec has some questions about Thursday's Michigan Dept. of Education (MDE) release of "report cards" for the district's 17 K-12 schools. For one thing, the district may have to look at opening intra-district schools of choice for 11 "Focus" schools, identified as having large gaps between high and low performing students, that are also Title I schools.   "We don't have all the details, but there appears to be a requirement ... to allow choice," Zurvalec said. Zurvalec said while questions remain about the data, officials do know that "the better a school performs, the more likely it is you'll have a large gap." That holds true for Highmeadow Common Campus, which received an "A" grade and is ranked …

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Farmington Public Schools Lewis Schulman Administrative Center, Farmington Public Schools Fails to Meet Adequate Yearly Progress, Harrison High School, and 3 more ›

David Anderson

4:12 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012

It has been nearly seven weeks since this article and I was wondering if the FPS has provided anything tangible.   more ›

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Farmington Public Schools Fails to Meet Adequate Yearly Progress

For a second year, Harrison, North Farmington and Farmington Central fall short of No Child Left Behind targets.

Farmington Public Schools is once again feeling the impact of more rigorous state academic standards, with the release today of Michigan Dept. of Education (MDE) school report cards. The district is among a surprising number across Michigan that did not meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) targets set by the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. In total, 262 districts (48 percent) statewide did not make AYP, compared to 37 (6.7 percent) last year. At the school building level, 82 percent of schools made AYP across the state, compared to 79 percent last year. The increase in districts not making AYP is due in part to the more rigorous career and college-ready cut scores now used on the MEAP (Michigan Educational Assessment Program) and …

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Farmington Public Schools Lewis Schulman Administrative Center, North Farmington High School, Harrison High School, and 5 more ›

CP Fleck

11:00 am on Thursday, August 2, 2012

... and yet the Farmington School Board gave "high marks" to the superintendent citing she "and her team had done an outstanding job" and "forward progress in an environment where it's sometimes difficult to achieve". It seems like more focus on the students and the learning environment is still needed.   more ›

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Farmington Schools Anticipated Drop in MEAP Scores

Officials say plummeting scores may affect more than individual students as federal benchmarks loom this spring.

Parents, students and the community may be startled by plummeting MEAP (Michigan Education Assessment Program) results, but Farmington Public Schools officials have seen this train coming.  Officials were told last year that the Michigan Dept. of Education (DOE) would raise "cut" scores – the passing scores that distinguish between whether a student is advanced, proficient, partially proficient or not proficient in certain subjects. As a result, students who were judge "proficient" in 2011 are now "partially proficient", and more students are ranking "not proficient".   "I think the main goal of the state doing this right now," said Kristin Gekiere, the district's director of assessment and school improvement, "is they want the students to…

In this Article:

Most Farmington MEAP Proficiency Rates Drop, Farmington Public Schools Lewis Schulman Administrative Center, Farmington School Officials Take a Hard Look at New Standards, and 1 more ›

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

AYP Failure at Farmington High Schools Due to Small Subgroup

Students with learning disabilities, already challenged, have difficulty with ACT tests.

The reason three Farmington high schools failed to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) required by the federal government has to do with the specialized needs of some students, school officials say. Assistant superintendent Catherine Cost said students with learning disabilities at Harrison and North Farmington high schools failed to meet AYP targets, measured by scores on ACT (American College Testing) exams. "The challenge for that group is, for many of them, the deficit area is reading," Cost said. "The ACT is heavily based on reading comprehension." For instance, many of the math problems are story problems, which require students to read information required to solve the problem. "If they can't comprehend, that adds a layer of …

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Harrison High School, North Farmington High School, Farmington Central High School, and 1 more ›

Monday, August 15, 2011

Three Farmington High Schools Fail to Meet AYP, Following Statewide Trend

As Farmington High improves its ranking in the annual assessment, Harrison and North drop.

While the majority of Farmington public schools met targets for annual achievement under federal No Child Left Behind legislation, three Farmington public high schools did not. Harrison, North Farmington and Farmington Central all failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), according to reports issued by the Michigan Department of Education today. Farmington Central, serving students ages 16-19 in an alternative setting, has been targeted for school improvement. At Harrison and North, the subgroup of students with disabilities did not meet academic progress targets. When one or more of the subgroups identified by the federal government fails, the school is identified as not meeting AYP. The district's success story lies in Farmington …

In this Article:

Harrison High School, North Farmington High School, Farmington Central High School, and 1 more ›

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