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Test Scores Not Good for TPS

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There is more fallout from those new, tougher academic standards for Oklahoma’s Schools. The test scores are in and Tulsa’s public schools did not fare well.

In over a dozen schools, students tested with zero percent proficiency in the test subjects. Out of the entire district only 13 schools had students scoring above 50%.

“It’s an important step forward for our state to set academic standards that allow us to understand how Oklahoma students are performing compared to higher academic expectations,” said Tulsa Superintendent Deborah Gist. “However, even as standards and assessments have changed in Oklahoma over the past several years, we have kept a focus on college-and-career-readiness and maintained a high bar for academic growth and overall performance.”

The state’s new standards are designed to be aligned with national benchmarks for college- and career-readiness and are more challenging and place greater emphasis on higher-level thinking than in the past. This a brand new assessment, so the 2017 results will set a baseline for academic performance and can be used for future year comparisons.