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01-21-2007, 10:36 PM
Overhaul in Math Instruction Coming to Georgia Schools
By Travis Fain• Macon Telegraph (Georgia) • 1/19/07
Facing unacceptably low math scores and a “whopping” disparity between black and white students when it comes to those scores, the state is radically changing the way it teaches math, state Schools Superintendent Kathy Cox told legislators Wednesday.
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The shift was brought on by disturbing math achievement figures, which have lagged even as reading scores have increased across the state, Cox said.
For example: White high school students meet math testing requirements at a rate of about 86 percent, Cox said. For black students, the rate is under 59 percent.
Math scores among black students are the No. 1 reason Georgia schools did not meet federal standards last year, and math scores on the SAT college entrance exam are why Georgia students perform below the national average, Cox told lawmakers.
“Hard to look at,” Cox said of the numbers.
{snip}http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/16485101.htm
By Travis Fain• Macon Telegraph (Georgia) • 1/19/07
Facing unacceptably low math scores and a “whopping” disparity between black and white students when it comes to those scores, the state is radically changing the way it teaches math, state Schools Superintendent Kathy Cox told legislators Wednesday.
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The shift was brought on by disturbing math achievement figures, which have lagged even as reading scores have increased across the state, Cox said.
For example: White high school students meet math testing requirements at a rate of about 86 percent, Cox said. For black students, the rate is under 59 percent.
Math scores among black students are the No. 1 reason Georgia schools did not meet federal standards last year, and math scores on the SAT college entrance exam are why Georgia students perform below the national average, Cox told lawmakers.
“Hard to look at,” Cox said of the numbers.
{snip}http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/16485101.htm