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8/28/2009 |
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Rome City schools and Floyd County schools bucked a statewide trend of falling SAT scores, with overall scores at every local high school rising over the past year, according to a report issued Tuesday by the College Board.
Local schools also beat the state and national scores.
The biggest gain was at Coosa High, which increased by 61 points to a score of 1539.
Other local scores were:
? Pepperell High, 39-point increase to 1551
? Rome High, 27-point increase to 1585
? Model High, 15-point increase to 1533
? Armuchee High, 14-point increase to 1588
The state score dropped by six points to 1460, and the national dropped by two points to 1509.
“We had a great jump and are tickled to death,” said Sam Sprewell, principal of Coosa High School. “I’m proud of our teachers and kids, and we’re glad to have a score this good.
“We’ve had SAT prep classes, and the big thing is the understanding of the math you need and the vocabulary you will use on the test,” he added.
Lynn Plunkett, superintendent of Floyd County Schools, said the scores can be attributed to the curriculum and the students’ willingness to be challenged in the classroom.
“We’ve done a lot of work with our curriculum and raised expectations, and it’s helped our students with all our standardized testing and is key to student achievement,” she added.
Rome City Schools Superintendent Gayland Cooper said he, too, is pleased with the scores.
“We continue to be way above the state
and national average, which is indicative of the outstanding curriculum and instructional programs in Rome City Schools.
“We think we’ll have a stronger forecast for next year, and we have some very bright kids,” he added.
Darlington School, a member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling, is prohibit-
ed from releasing mean scores.
“I can tell you, though, that 100 percent of Darlington’s seniors took the SAT, and our scores averaged between 23 and 54 points higher in each category above the state and national average, with our total scores averaging more than 100 points higher than the national average,” said Sam Moss, dean of college guidance.
“While both state and national averages dropped this year, Darlington’s scores increased in every category for a total of 45 points higher than our scores last year.”
-Rome News Tribune
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