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Where more students opted out, test grades were lower. The district is still exploring the correlation.
Implication of opting out: low scores
A higher percentage of Rockville Centre students failed the New York State exams this year than last year. But many more students also opted out of the tests, which seems to have affected the district’s scores. more
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The district’s iPad program will be expanding to the eighth grade next year, giving every student in the middle school a tablet computer for the year.
New programs for the new school year
From flipping classrooms to football fields, Rockville Centre schools have many changes for the 2014-2015 school year. more
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Minority student continuously underperformed on Regents exams compared to white students.
Sharp divide in test scores
Minority and poor students in Rockville Centre are continually under-performing compared with their white and wealthier peers, data recently released by New York state shows. The statistics come … more
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More students at South Side Middle School opted out of the test than any other school. Nearly 62 percent of students at the school did not participate.
Dropping the state exams
According to the Rockville Centre School District, on April 1, the first day of the state English Language Arts exam, parents of 774 students — 47 percent of the testable student population — had … more
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Dr. William Johnson, Rockville Centre Superintendent of Schools.
District says ‘no’ to more teachers
For the second straight year, parents’ requests for more teachers and smaller classes in Rockville Centre’s elementary schools have been denied by the Board of Education. At a budget hearing … more
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The AvalonBay complex houses close to 500 residents. But the facility doesn’t cause traffic problems on the street.
AvalonBay: doom and gloom that never came
By Alex Costello acostello@liherald.com The old Darby Drugs site on Banks Avenue was, for years, a toxic area that sat fallow. Developers came and went, but nothing happened with the property. … more
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Instructional spending, which includes salaries, makes up the largest portion of the proposed 2014-15 spending plan.
School budget to grow by $2.4 million
Last week, the Rockville Centre Board of Education began discussions of the 2014-15 school budget proposal, which would increase spending by nearly $2.4 million. The tentative budget totals just … more
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Dr. William Johnson answered myriad questions from parents about how Rockville Centre schools were handling the new state curriculum and tests.
Rockville Centre School District holds Common Core forum
On Jan. 16, the Rockville Centre School District, in conjunction with the PTA Council, hosted a forum to address some of the most pressing questions that parents had about the Common Core, state … more
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A sample question from the state’s Common Core algebra module asks students to solve complex problems.
A tale of two tests
With the end of the school year on the horizon, Rockville Centre School District administrators were forced to make a choice for eighth-grade algebra students: Which of the two Regents exams that … more
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Safety is paramount
In the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. a year ago, schools across the country made security improvements to protect their students. Rockville Center schools … more
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