Not having a sexual gap is unusual, but one less thing to worry about. We hope that the Saturday Academy and reconfiguring the stanines will address this. The 6th and 7th graders began this year. This will not help our scores in 2001, so we are expecting similar results. The regressive scores of the top two categories are of intense interest, and are being investigated.
Males lag behind females in reading.
Winman scores lag behind state scores. This makes sense when one reflects upon the fact that we do not offer any sort of remedial reading program at this level. Few secondary teachers have had any exposure to reading strategies in their undergraduate work. This category is directly related to our sub-par performance on problem solving. If we could address this facet of every child's ability, our math problem solving scores would rise appreciably.