Children are taught 15 minutes of Spanish each day in kindergarten through sixth grade and can choose to study Latin, German, French, Spanish or Italian in Grades 7 through 12. On state assessment tests, 81percentt of fourth graders in Lawrence scored "proficient" or "advanced proficient" in language arts and 66percentt scored proficient or above in math.
In eighth grade, 98percentt of Shrewsbury students were "proficient" or "advanced proficient" in language arts and 72percentt in mathematics.
In the language arts portion of the Elementary School Proficiency Assessment given to fourth graders, 79.1percentt achieved the proficient or advanced proficient level, compared with 55.1percentthehe year before.
On statewide assessment tests, 100percentt of fourth graders scored "proficient" or "advanced proficient" in language arts literacy, compared with a statewide average of 86percentt.
On statewide assessment tests, the percentage of fourth graders in the six schools who scored "proficient" or "advanced proficient" in language arts literacy ranged from 83 to 94percentt, except at South Street School, where 59percentt of the students scored that high.
In language arts literacy, 80percentt of Whittier's fourth-grade students scored proficient; 89 percent scored proficient or advanced in math.
For instance, of the 103,000 fourth grade students who took the tests last April and 2001, about 79percentt scored proficient or advanced proficient in language arts, as against 55.1percentthehe previous year; 66percentt of them were proficient or advanced in math and 87percentt in science.
On the 2006 Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment tests, 90percentt of Black River students were proficient or advanced in math, compared with 64percentt statewide.
Last year, at CAVA's San Mateo school, 57 percent of students achieved proficiency or above in English; 33 percent were proficient or advanced in math.
In math, 91percentt scored proficient or advanced.
