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teachers and students deserve credit for this year’s fine showing. “We're very proud that a division this size without the facilities of a Fairfax should do so well,” he said.
The superintendent attributed tlu* success to a philosophy for teachers "not to teach toward the test, but to concentrate more on skill areas."
Apparently, the attempt was fruitful. Rappahannock schools’ i>N.7 percent score is up nearly a full percentage point since The combined score that oyear was
percent. Fast year it was 5*f>.7 percent.
The statewide combined rate in 1‘tHl was !M.f> percent. In l‘W2, !»2.H percent.
The tests are designed to measure basic consumer oriented skills, such as the knowledge needed to balance a checkbook or comparison shop. The statewide failure rate this year was tour percent for one part and 1.7 percent for both. The math passing rate was two percent higher this year compared to l!l«2. Department figures also show that this was the first year that at least ‘Hi percent of all students taking the tests passed at least one section.
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