MULLICA TEST SCORES FOR 4TH GRADE

The good news is that Mullica’s Elementary School did NOT receive an Early Warning letter based on 4th grade test scores for Reading and Math. All 4th graders took the tests with the required pass rate being 68% for Reading and 53% for Math. Mullica’s 4th grade total student scores showed a pass rate for Reading 85.5% and for Math 71%.

Of the total 4th grade student population of 83 children, 36 fall into the sub-group of economically disadvantaged. This all-important sub-group also met the mandated State pass standard in both Math and Reading.

If you recall it was the failure of this sub-group (economically disadvantaged students) at the 8th grade level (in Math) to meet the State pass standard that generated an early warning letter for Mullica’s Middle School. The 8th grade student population here was 93 students with 27 falling into the economic disadvantaged sub-group. As noted by John Adams: THE PRESEVATION OF THE MEANS OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG THE LOWEST RANKS IS OF MORE IMPORTANCE TO THE PUBLIC THAN ALL THE PROPERTY OF ALL THE RICH MEN IN THE COUNTRY.

ANOTHER NOTE ON EDUCATION: "Republican Senate leaders plan to force a vote this week on the nation's first federally funded school voucher experiment, tucking the program into broader spending legislation that would be politically difficult for Democrats to block ... The House already passed its version of the plan, and the private-school-choice idea is backed by President Bush, which means federally backed vouchers appear as likely as ever. Slowly, the system of public education is being destroyed so that some sort of political agenda can be advanced."