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Knoxville Schools Making Strides to Improve Test Scores
Administrators in the Knoxville School District are still concerned about some students that still may not be doing well on state standardized tests.

The Knoxville School Board Wednesday night heard from principals at each district school about how they're implementing school improvement plans following concerns about whether or not the district is making adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Act in previous years.

Knoxville Junior High School Principal Chris Lensing says scores on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test are doing well, but one grade level isn't as good as others. "Sixth grade reading (scored) 73.1 (in 2007), sixth grade math 74.4. They kind of seem out of whack if you look at the other grades," Lensing said, referring to how scores in grades five, seven, and eight are at least 10 points higher than that.

Lensing says sixth grade test scores will be monitored over the next two-years, and believes programs that will be put in place through the state-mandated Response to Intervention program will help.

The District-202 board also learned Wednesday night that applications will be accepted through the end of November for the next principal of Mabel Woolsey Elementary School.

Deb Galbreath will be retiring at the end of the school year, and Superintendent Larry Carlton says a replacement could be hired as soon as the end of December.
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