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Madison County Schools posts highest-ever state report-card score, cites 100% academic growth
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Madison County Schools earned its highest numeric score on the Alabama State Department of Education report card (91A), with the district earning 100% of available points for academic growth and notable subgroup gains, while chronic absenteeism ticked up.
Madison County Schools earned its highest numeric score on the Alabama State Department of Education report card this year, Assistant Superintendent of Instruction Carrie Bass told the board during the Nov. 20 meeting. The district received a 91A overall and “100% of our points earned for academic growth,” Bass said.
The result reflects gains across grade bands and subgroups, Bass said. Overall graduation rate was reported at 95.66 and college-and-career-readiness at 91.45. Bass said academic achievement improved by about 4% and academic growth rose 3% year over year. “When we pull out that subgroup data, we are seeing that in…
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