Parents of students in the Van Buren Public Schools are voicing concern about the low spring proficiency scores from M-STEP testing for the district that were announced last week.
The students in third through eighth grades and 11th graders were tested in English, Math, Social Studies, and Science. The state is not announcing Science scores for various reasons.
If you put all the grades together, Van Buren posted a 31.3% rating in English, 25.8% in Math, and 10.4% in Social Studies. That’s with 100% the max.
Savage Elementary, which houses the Gifted and Talented programs, was the only school to rank above state average of 36%, with 46%.
Keystone Charter Academy’s school average (K-8) was 51%, with the state total average at 40%.
Belleville High School’s football team, which has brought acclaim from throughout the state, won its first two games this season in a tougher league.
BHS also has a marching band with more than 300 students that also brings praise in the media and pride to the parents.
Now, all the Van Buren Schools, as well as all the schools in Michigan, need to do is what they are in business to do: Teach students the basics so they can go on to lead our country. Students get just one shot at K-12. We’ve got to do better. Let’s find out how to raise the scores and do it.
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Well now this made me laugh out loud! Three years or so ago there were some good programs in place. A superintendant who was determined to get kids to learn. Where did all that go? We had an incident where all you board people kicked out a good guy because he was firm about something and didn’t roll over like a dead dog. Where are you Savage Silly people? Featheringil? Pinter? Johnston? Where are you Bennett and English? How about Kelly? How bout Darlene? You folks have rolled over on our kids! My son who struggles in math no longer has aprogram to help him. Where’s Barb Miller, Kudlak’s champion? It starts at the top. the superintendant has allowed this to happen. He has encouraged it but letting things get back to business as usual for Bellville. Oh sure, he’s a good community guy. SO EFFING WHAT. What about my son and daughter? I graduate from BHS. Nothing has changed. It’s gone back to being a substandard school with substandard graduates. Congratulations. You got what you wanted.
Remember when the school board told all the taxpayers that the high school students couldn’t make good test scores because they needed a bunch of money to remodel the high school. Guess us taxpayers were the ones that got schooled.
Agreed. Clean house from the top down.
also the 2018 SAT scores are so terrible. From an improvement in 2016 (we know why a good administration and superintendant) to now. Scores are dropping a lot. what is the excuse for this now? Only 15% are college ready? Scores are horrible. No one says a word. We just keep hearing all this BS about all the wonderful stuff at Belleville schools. It’s smokescreen. I am not a genius. But I do have the smarts to see what is going on here. clean house school board and save our kids. What is wrong with you people you can’t see or don’t care? too lazy? too scared? being fibbed to by the superintendant?you must be because even I can see through this mess.
So what’s the plan? I want to jump on the “Clean House” bandwagon, but am not sure what the suitable replacement is. Much like everything in Belleville (and VBT), corruption is running the city. I feel like we need to start yanking anybody out who is part of the problem, not the solution. But at the same time, I don’t want to pull out a corrupt board member for an incompetent one. Truth is, I might actually vote for the unknown incompetent than the known corrupt. But I’d like to hear if anybody knows who CAN fix the problem and how they plan on addressing it. Spending money on a pretty building to house kids that can’t read the address is not the right approach. Teach them to read before redoing their gym floor.