Board of Education praises increase in math scores
Published 6:24 pm Monday, November 18, 2024
The faculty of Len Lastinger Elementary, along with Jonathan Jones and Natalie Gore, who worked to increase the school's math scores in the Georgia Milestones end of grade exam by 33 points.
Board chair Jonathan Jones and school superintendent Natalie Gore with Eighth Street principal Paul Nelson and Algebra I Teacher Leanne Westberry. Westberry, along with Julia Coker, who was unable to attend the night's meeting, was among the teachers who helped Eighth Street's Algebra I Achievement scores rise by 9 points on end of grade exams.
Melisa King and Teresa Nichols, Algebra I teachers of Northeast Middle School, who helped raise the scores in Algebra 1 Achievement on their end of grade exams by a whopping 49 points, joined by board chair Jonathan Jones and school superintendent Natalie Gore.
TIFTON — Members of the Tift County Schools Board of Education honored their faculty at their most recent meeting in the wake of their work to dramatically raise the math scores of their schools.
The teachers of Len Lastinger Elementary and the Algebra I teachers of both Eighth Street and Northeast Middle School received congratulations the evening of Nov. 14 for the significant increase to the score of their schools in the math portions of their end of grade tests.
Dana Spurlin, chief information officer for Tift County Schools, stated that Len Lastinger had seen a 33 point increase in the math portion of their 5th Grade Georgia Milestones end of grade exams.
Likewise, Algebra Achievement scores on the Georgia Milestones exam revealed Eighth Street had risen by 9 points and Northeast by 49.
Spurlin reported that all three schools had received praise and recognition from Richard Woods, the state school superintendent, and had been presented with a “Master of Mathematics” banner to display in their halls.
The teachers of each school responsible for the uptick in scores were also given awards by the county board of education as further praise for their hard work and accomplishment.
