Here are some numbers collected by Chris Smith (Bristolpub@aol.com), one of the Okemos parents. (I believe similar trend was seen in the previous year so it is not a fluke.) Edgewood, Wardcliff, Cornell, Central, Hiawatha and Bennett-Woods are elementary school names. Wardcliff's student body comes from more disadvantaged families compared to other neighborhoods. Edgewood implemented TERC even before the program was adopted by the Okemos School district.
Okemos Third Graders-Iowa Test of Basic Skills, Fall 1999, Average National Percentile Rank by Subject and School
|
Edgewood
|
Wardcliff
|
Cornell
|
Central
|
Hiawatha
|
Bennett-Woods
|
|
| Reading Total |
81
|
75
|
74
|
70
|
76
|
85
|
| Language Total |
72
|
67
|
67
|
74
|
78
|
90
|
| Social Studies |
76
|
71
|
71
|
73
|
68
|
77
|
| Science |
80
|
75
|
81
|
73
|
77
|
84
|
| Math-Concepts & Estimation |
67
|
71
|
72
|
68
|
77
|
76
|
| Math-Probs. & Data Interp. |
75
|
80
|
80
|
79
|
83
|
86
|
| Math Computation |
54
|
56
|
61
|
63
|
69
|
72
|
Percentage of Okemos Sixth Graders Below National Average in Math Computation, by Elementary Feeder School, Fall 1999 Iowa Test of Basic Skills (actual number of students in parentheses)
|
Edgewood
|
Wardcliffe
|
Bennett Woods
|
Hiawatha
|
Central
|
Cornell
|
|
61.1% (22)
|
54.1% (20)
|
48.6% (18)
|
35.7% (25)
|
31.7% (19)
|
24.6% (14)
|