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enough students ill any one sub-group to necessitate the reporting of standardized test data to
meet either state or federal mandates. The district chose not to report this information in
Annual P~.og~.ess Reports.
District A mias very proud of the individual attention afforded students. Ninety-eight
pel-cent of all students graduated, and 96% planned to go on to some type of post-secondary
trainins. O\.es the most recent three year period. 76% of District A graduates had completed a
state defined "Core Curl-iculum" including four years of English and three years each of math.
science, and social studies. Students completing this core curriculu~n scored slightly below
the state a\.erage of 22.0 on the American College Test (ACT). Students not completing the
reconimended core courses scored considerably lower.
The district participated in The 1ou.a Tests of Basic Skills and The Io~va Tests of
Educ;ition:il De\.t.lnpment. PI-oficiency scores in marh. reading. and science compared
fa\.oriibly u.ith Io\\.a norm4 and exceeded national.
I-~\;tr~~-~u~-riil~lar iicti\.itic\ attracted c.igIit!-four percent of District A's hish school
pc qwll;itio~l. itli ')1' ; of'j~~~iicv high ;i?e c'tiildr~n participating. The closeness of the teaching
\t:iiI' \\ 1111 \t~illc~~it\ ii11cI (tic cc~n~ic~tio~i\ niacle \i-ith p:r~-ents \\.ere cited as critical elements in
CII;;I~I 11s \tli~lc-~it\ I~ott~ ;1~~;1~icli~i~;i11~~
itnd thnlugh acti\.iriss. In the district's siloit recent 1ou.a
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