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On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Recovery Act contains several sources of funding for K-12 education. Click on the links below for more information.
Office of Public Instruction's Recovery Act Information for Montana Schools
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Montana students continue to best the national average when it comes to ACT scores. Montana's 2010 graduating class earned an average composite score of 22 compared to the national composite score of 21. The percent of ACT-tested Montana graduates who are ready for college coursework in mathematics, reading, and science is higher compared to five years ago.
These findings are encouraging. They suggest more Montana students are graduating from high school with the academic skills they will need to succeed in college and workforce training programs.
Among Montana’s ACT-tested 2010 high school graduates, 28 % met or surpassed all four of ACT’s College Readiness Benchmarks (English, math, reading, and science). That figure is up slightly from 26 % the past four years, suggesting ACT-tested students in the state may be making slight progress in overall college readiness.
Among Montana’s 2010 high school graduates, 58 %—a total of 6,222 students—took the ACT. Those students continue to perform above the national average in all four subject areas.
The full report on the condition of college and career readiness in Montana for the class of 2010 can be viewed only here:
http://www.act.org/news/data/10/pdf/readiness/CCCR_Montana.pdf
Montana educators are invited to participate in the testing phase of a new online writing formative assessment tool. The tool, which was selected by participants in the first phase of the pilot, is called My Access by Vantage Learning. Each school involved may choose a grade(s) (4-10) to participate at no cost. The application deadline is September 13, 2010.
Download the project application here.
For more information contact:
Kris Goyins, Communication Arts Specialist
406-444-0729
Judy Snow, State Assessment Director
406-444-3656
We invite you to take a tour of the new Web site:
New OPI Web Site Video Tour
PDF version of the video tour
We've also prepared a handy guide to help you find things on the new web site here:
Watch for further advances in our technological communications in the coming months!
Last Modified: Wednesday, 18-Aug-2010 08:22:50 MDT
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