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#TBT – Students Failing Tests

Posted on October 23, 2014 | Comments Off on #TBT – Students Failing Tests

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.pdf link icon AP Score Chart – DEKALB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) EXAM RESULTS 2006 – 2012
.pdf link icon AP Exam Order 2014
Maureen Downey asked an interesting question today, “If the majority of students in a class do poorly on a test, how do we know whether the kids didn’t learn the material or the teacher didn’t teach it?”
In 2011 at the DeKalb Schools’ Engineering Magnet, Arabia Mountain, only 7% of the students who took the Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus test scored 3 or higher. In February of this year, the board approved $230,000 to purchase “one AP Exam for all students currently enrolled in a DCSD Advanced Placement Course.”

Number of Exams Taken and Percent Scoring 3 or Higher 
2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013
Students %=3 Students %=3 Students %=3
System 8,160 32% 8,375 35% 7,683 38%
Georgia 106,211 52% 116,703 54% 142,011 55%
Arabia Mountain 1125 7% 1003 13% 553 21%
Cedar Grove 233 6% 217 7% 178 4%
Chamblee 982 70% 1028 69% 1006 74%
Clarkston 92 14% 173 11% 257 8%
Columbia 320 5% 308 2% 251 6%
Cross Keys 176 30% 161 31% 164 36%
Dek. Early College 20 40%
Dek School Of Arts 196 55% 228 47% 260 59%
Druid Hills 423 51% 525 51% 505 47%
Dunwoody 888 51% 991 50% 799 58%
Elizabeth Andrews 29 0% 27 0% 0.00%
Lakeside 1077 50% 1170 59% 943 66%
Lithonia 189 10% 175 11% 180 8%
M. L. King 230 13% 257 13% 253 15%
Mcnair Sr. 120 1% 123 3% 108 2%
Miller Grove   166 12% 178 14% 213 9%
Redan 194 9% 193 8% 197 4%
Southwest Dekalb 450 36% 415 40% 492 57%
Stephenson 369 18% 341 16% 288 14%
Stone Mountain 77 30% 114 31% 108 35%
Towers 260 2% 164 4% 135 1%
Tucker 540 16% 582 19% 702 15%

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NBC Nightly News Reports on Dunwoody High School

Posted on October 16, 2014 | Comments Off on NBC Nightly News Reports on Dunwoody High School

DHS Homecoming King & Queen and Wildcat Fe

Brian Williams introduces a segment on NBC Nightly News covering Dunwoody High School.
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From Heneghan’s Dunwoody Blog
Such a great story coming out of Dunwoody High School tonight as two special needs students are named Homecoming King & Queen.   Hannah Keen and Gus Ashbury will reign supreme at Saturdays Homecoming Dance as the students were honored in a landslide vote of their fellow classmates.    Hannah has had quite a week as she was also highlighted in the news story regarding the Dunwoody Wildcat fe.
Kudos to the students who voted and the parents and teachers who have guided these many students on their life journey to make this evening possible.
Rarely can one learn about happiness, empathy, altruism & compassion in a classroom from a textbook but sometimes it can be learned on the 50 yard line during halftime.
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