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Sikeston schools failed to meet goals on MAP testsFriday, August 15, 2008SIKESTON, Mo. -- No building in the Sikeston School District met state targets in all subgroups in both reading and math on the state standardized test -- a trend nearly three-fourths of Missouri schools seemed to follow. Results of the Missouri Assessment Program test were released earlier this month by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The reading target for last spring's test was to have 51 percent of all students in all subgroups scoring proficient on the MAP test while the target for math was to have 45 percent of all students in all subgroups scoring proficient on the test. Because no building met all subgroup targets, or adequate yearly progress, in both reading and math, Southeast, Lee Hunter and Matthews elementary schools are in level one of school improvement. Morehouse Elementary, Fifth and Sixth Grade Center, Seventh and Eighth Grade Center and the high school are in level two of school improvement. Separate plans "Because all buildings are in school improvement, each building will evaluate activities and programs that are currently in place, and those in level one will write a plan for improvement while those in level two will review their current plans and make necessary changes based on their evaluations of their programs," said Dr. Marisa Bowen, assistant superintendent of curriculum and middle grades. While no school made adequate yearly progress in both reading and math, some schools did show improvement in some subgroups in reading and math. In reading, Sikeston's largest growth was in middle grades, Bowen noted. "The seventh and eighth grades, meeting the target in three of five subgroups, showed improvement in all communication arts subgroups while fifth and sixth grades, also meeting three of five subgroups, showed improvement in the total, 'free and reduced' and black student subgroups," Bowen said. In math, seventh and eighth grades improved in all subgroups and met the goals in all subgroups. Also meeting math goals in all subgroups were Southeast Elementary and Lee Hunter Elementary. Comments  Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.
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I guess them having over 40 kids graduate with a 4.0 GPA this year means they are all dumb then. Check KFVS they are saying the same thing about the Cape schools. I guess they will only be able to bring the 7.00 an hour jobs to Cape now.
Hey Joe Kool...3 out of Capes 5 elementary schools met the goals...Let's not compare NO building in the WHOLE district meeting AYP..In defense of both districts, the no child left behind needs to be left behind..I know Marisa Bowen and she is a great person.
bulletman I think from my reading of the post by joekool they were being sarcastic to the post before them. Cape's district as a whole did not meet yearly progress for the second year in a row as Sikeston had the same report. Three fourths of Mo school districts have trouble meeting the goals. One thing that struck me about Sikeston was 95.3% of the students graduated compared to 71.6% of Cape students. Yes some of Capes schools did meet the progress and none of Sikeston's did. I do not put much faith in these tests personally.
I agree the schools should not have to follow NCLB.
The thing about jobs that was posted does not pertain to this data. You have several schools around both Sikeston and Cape so therefore the workforce will be a mix of talent and work ethics. And we have to look at the cost of living in this area compared to the bigger cities. I feel this area has a lot to offer. By this area I mean all of SE Mo, Il, Ky and Tn not just one or two towns.
Bickering about what community is the best or worst does not help matters in this area at all. We all need to try to work together because we are all human beings.
Now if Congress and the rest of the government can get that through their thick skulls we could accomplish a lot.
Just my opinion.