What do you think is more important? Is being proficient in a subject more important or are school grades more important? If you are like most parents and even like most teachers, this is a touchy subject and there are people on both sides of the fence. This is true for Utah students.
Utah students more proficient in math, science but school grades are down #dyscalculia
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Is proficient more important than school grades?
The students in Utah are more proficient in math and science but their grades have dropped overall. The number of schools state wide that are receiving A or B averages in school grades dropped seven percent in elementary schools and dropped 13 percent by high schools. To learn more about this, read more in this article.
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From the 2013-2014 school year to the 2015-2016 school year, the WCSD went from having six A elementary schools to five A elementary schools as well as going from having no D and F schools to two elementary schools being giving D status and two an F status.
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Utah students are doing better in math, but it comes at the price of their science grades slipping.
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There has been an increase in math testing scores, but a decrease in science scores.
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It has been found that there is not a lot of consistency when it comes to grading and what benchmarks should be met for each of the subjects.
