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Each year, following the administration of the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) tests, school districts are provided the opportunity to make corrections of student demographic information prior to the final scoring and reporting by the STAR Scoring Center. Since the cost of submitting aditional information is subtracted from the reimbursement the district receives from the state for STAR testing, a low incomplete rate maximizes the reimbursement.
In spring 2003, a total of 103,365 district students in grades 2 through 11 were on the California Standards Tests (CST)/California Achievement Test, Sixth Edition (CAT/6). This year, the San Diego City Schools Testing Unit had to submit additional information for a total of only 47 students, representing a .05% (5 hundredths of a percent) incomplete rate.
Since each student's answer document contains an average of 24 demographic fields, the total number of demographic fields for 103,365 students is 2,480,760. This means the incomplete rate for the total number of demographic fields represented by these students is .0002% (2 ten thousandths of a percent)!
This is a very commendable achievement. Students, along with their teachers and school staff involved in testing, as well as the staff of the Testing Unit, are to be congratulated for this remarkably low incomplete rate.
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Eric Burtson, a National Board Certified teacher who currently teaches International Baccalaureate (IB) physics, IB chemistry, and science technology at San Diego High, is one of only four teachers in California to be selected as state finalists for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). Burston and the other teachers will be honored at the fall meeting of the State Board of Education for innovative and creative approaches to teaching.
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Curtis McGlown has been selected to replace longtime San Diego High head basketball coach Dennis Kane, who will move to Mission Bay High. Andy Diaz has taken over as athletic director at SDHS. |
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Videos of exemplary lessons by two SDCS math teachers are featured on the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics website. Mark Alcorn, now at Jackson Elementary, is shown teaching a 6th grade class at Zamorano and Kathleen Gallagher is shown with a 3rd grade class at King. "Reflections" are part of a video-based, interactive, professional development website designed to help teachers - individually and collectively - examine their teaching of mathematics.
To view the videos, go to http://my.nctm.org/eresources/reflections/index.htm. Select "Reflect by Topic," then play the video you choose in either RealTime or QuickTime streaming video.
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