{"id":1567,"date":"2012-05-26T12:55:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T16:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1567"},"modified":"2012-05-26T12:55:47","modified_gmt":"2012-05-26T16:55:47","slug":"biology-end-of-course-exam-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1567","title":{"rendered":"Biology End of Course exam results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, I’m not sure what to make of the Biology End of Course Exam results that were released this week. There is hardly any news on the results. The Palm Beach Post<\/a> is really the only news outlet that I could find so far that paid any attention.<\/p>\n

Students taking the biology EOC got about half the questions correct. Out of 56 questions, an average of 27.98 were answered correctly on each test, spokeswoman Cheryl Etters said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can sort through the results by district and by school here<\/a>. Since this is the first official year for this test, the scores were merely broken down into thirds. A student either scored in the top third, middle third, or bottom third. That’s all we know at this point. Here’s a full story at the Post<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n

In theory, these tests count for 30 percent of ninth-graders grades in their geometry and biology classes this year. However, Marc Baron, the district’s chief of performance accountability, said scores will not affect students’ semester grades or GPAs.<\/p>\n

Beginning next year, ninth-graders must earn a passing score on the end-of-course tests in geometry and biology to graduate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And let’s not forget that scores will also be applied to teachers’ performance ratings annually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, I’m not sure what to make of the Biology End of Course Exam results that were released this week. There is hardly any news on the results. 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