Search Results for "\"Multiple Measurement Rating\""
Austin MMR scores down from last year
Published 10:21am Wednesday, September 2, 2015Neveln, Southgate eligible for celebration status; I.J. Holton the only school to see a rise Read more
MCA glitches, new legislation complicate state testing changes
Published 10:25am Monday, June 29, 2015St. Paul — The tests Minnesota students are required to take will remain on educators’ minds over the summer break. Read more
Celebrate schools that do things right
Published 9:00am Monday, December 29, 2014Some of the schools receive volunteer help. Others go the extra mile to engage families and help them connect with social services. And most have ... Read more
Data shows Sumner closing achievement gap
Published 10:13am Tuesday, December 23, 2014Test scores show Sumner Elementary School is making progress with its 45/15 calendar. Austin’s Director of Research Evaluation and Assessment Corey Haugen dissected some of ... Read more
Austin, BP schools achieve Celebration status
Published 10:52am Thursday, December 18, 2014Southgate Elementary School and Blooming Prairie Elementary School received high marks for improving student achievement. Read more
MMR scores show Austin student growth improves
Published 7:01am Sunday, October 12, 2014Austin Public Schools District showed improvement in student growth through the Multiple Measurement Rating scores. “Many of our buildings saw in particular good gains in ... Read more
Opinion: Grad rates offer mixed grade for state
Published 10:27am Thursday, February 27, 2014The enthusiasm that state some regional graduation rates appear to be well above state average and state averages are better than last year must be ... Read more
Hayfield named a Celebration school
Published 12:17pm Saturday, December 21, 2013Hayfield Public Schools is among 48 schools designated as Celebration schools by the Minnesota Department of Eduction. This year, 166 schools were eligible and applied ... Read more
Minnesota among top states on national report
Published 10:23am Friday, November 8, 2013Local educators are pleased Minnesota scored among the top states in this year’s National Assessment of Education Progress. Results released Thursday from the nationwide tests, ... Read more
Changing the exam
Published 6:01am Monday, October 21, 2013School districts like Austin place more emphasis on standardized tests rather than high-stakes testing to measure growth in the classroom Read more
Sumner state testing scores increasing since calendar switch
Published 5:59am Monday, October 21, 2013Sumner Elementary School has come a long way from 2010, when school officials were concerned the school would have to seriously restructure after its students ... Read more
Minn. takes 27 schools off low-performing lists
Published 10:34am Wednesday, October 2, 2013ROSEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — More than two dozen Minnesota schools are no longer considered failing, according to new state rankings released Tuesday. The 27 schools ... Read more
Austin officials pleased with students’ gains in latest round of state testing
Published 10:05am Tuesday, October 1, 2013Though Austin Public Schools students fell slightly under the state average on this year’s Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments, the district may have won out on the ... Read more
Austin School Board reviews MCA scores
Published 10:10am Tuesday, September 24, 2013The Austin Public Schools board learned how well Austin students did on this year’s Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments during a work session Monday. Yet the data ... Read more
Education head visits district, checks out Woodson
Published 11:22am Friday, February 22, 2013Brenda Cassellius stepped into the Sumner Elementary classroom to introduce herself. Read more