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every child successful in an ever-changing world
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students soar to #2 ranking on
state
assessments t he louisiana department of education released results of the spring 2018 louisiana educational assessment program (leap) assess- ments, and
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public schools not only exceeded
state
scores on all three subjects, but also achieved the second highest combined scores in the
state
with 50
percent
of students achieving mastery and advanced in grades three through eight and 53
percent
in grades 3-12. t h i s i s s p o n s o r e d c o n t e n t p r e s e n t e d b y a p s ?we are so grateful for the hard work of everyone who produced results that indicate continued progress toward student mastery in these academic content areas for the second year in a row. we are always confident that our commitment toward excellence exists with a spirit of teamwork, but it is always nice to have that commitment confirmed with posi - tive results,? says superintendent david alexander.
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public schools outper- formed the
state
on each of the leap tests, as well as the overall combined scores. mastery and advanced scores were achieved by 60
percent
of ascen- sion students on ela, 46
percent
on math and 45
percent
on social studies tests. that is well above the
state
averages of 43
percent
, 32
percent
, and 27
percent
, respectively. ?
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public schools contin- ues to commit to the work of supporting student development in multiple areas that include a focus on academics, skill devel- opment, and emotional maturity in order to make it certain that each student has the opportunity to pursue a quality life," says alexander. "we are
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parish's public school system that pursues excel- lence at every level, ascending together with the support of all.? to download leap score data for
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parish and the
state
, visit louisianabelieves.com/resources/ library/data-center. 4 6 b r p a r e n t s . c o m | a u g u s t 2 0 1 8
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