SAT scores drop for Edgecombe students

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October 3, 2012

SAT scores drop for Edgecombe students

Staff Writer MIRANDA BAINES The Daily Southerner Wed Oct 03, 2012, 02:22 PM EDT

TARBORO — Both Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores and participation rates for Edgecombe County Public Schools (ECPS) students dropped during the 2011-2012 school year.

The district’s average combined score for critical reading, math and writing was 1299, with 198 seniors taking the test. ECPS students lagged 170 points behind the state average of 1469 and 199 points behind the national average of 1498. A perfect score is 2400. The previous year, 213 ECPS students’ average score was 1325.

The county average reading score was 57 points below the state average of 491 and 62 points below the national average of 496. The district’s average math score was 64 points below the statewide average of 506 and 68 points below the national average of 514. ECPS students’ writing scores were 49 points below the state average of 472 and 65 points below the national average of 488.

“Through more rigorous and challenging instruction, we hope to see a climb in student achievement over the next several years. We are addressing our need to increase SAT performance in the District Strategic Plan,” said ECPS Supt. John Farrelly.

The district recently developed the strategic plan at a leadership academy and one of the goals is to raise both SAT achievement and participation by 5 percent by the end of the current school year.

“All of us on the board know the importance of moving our new strategic plan forward,” said vice-chair Evelyn Shaw Wilson. “This [student achievement] focus is on all of our minds. That’s why we have the new vision ‘Focused, Connected and Ready’ to move forward.”

To Wilson, improving student achievement “can’t just happen at the high school level. It starts at grade one.” She said the curriculum department is working with all staff in the district to make sure they understand the new, more challenging Common Core (math and language arts) curriculum.

With “strong leadership at the helm” and a united school board committed to the welfare of students, ECPS is “on target” to improving student test scores and overall achievement, said Wilson. Board member Olga Dickens agreed.

“I think the [school] system is on the right track. Student achievement is the most important issue as a school board. It’s on the front burner,” she said. “I think with time and the right intervention, we will make progress.”

Leading the district in was Edgecombe Early College High School, with an average score of 1428 for 32 students. The Early College recently was recognized for having a 100 percent graduation rate.

Next was SouthWest, with an average of 1310 for 66 seniors tested. Seventy-one students at Tarboro took the test, averaging 1286, while 29 took the test at North and averaged 1160.

The Early College offers students a free SAT prep program funded by the Northeastern North Carolina School Leadership Program Problem-Based Learning Initiative with Elizabeth City State University.

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