Local News

<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   ADDITIONAL ITEMS • Press release and data from the Superintendent of Public Instruction (External Link)   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Thursday, August 30, 2007 Snohomish County students improve writing scores in latest WASL results By Eric Stevick, Herald Writer Passing rates for the writing portion of the 10th-grade WASL improved at most Snohomish County high schools and reading and math passing rates were mixed, according to results released today. The Washington Assessment of Student Learning is given annually to students in grades three through eight and in the 10th grade. Passing the 10th-grade reading and writing WASL is a graduation requirement for the class of 2008, this year’s seniors. Of the incoming seniors in the class of 2008, 87.5 percent have met the state’s reading requirement and 87.5 percent have met the writing requirement; 83.5 percent have met both the reading and the writing requirements. That doesn’t include results from students who retook the exam over the summer. Statewide, third-graders showed marked improvement in reading and math over those tested in 2006, as well as gains in math scores in grades five and seven and writing scores in seventh grade. Reading scores slipped in grades four, five and eight. Individual school results are available on the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Web site at http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/.

1. Gay marriage issue can wait, say Referendum 71 partisans 2. Six injured, three critically, in wreck near Machias 3. Forecast for 2010 housing market: slow decline 4. First-time homebuyer credit invites tax cheats 5. That's Stud Muffin to you 6. Offensive line helps Marysville-Pilchuck rush into state playoffs 7. Glacier Peak freshman overcomes jitters to win state in cross country 8. Proud union member and veteran had a wild side 9. Snohomish County's former sanitation director claims his ouster was forced 10. More snow expected for Cascades, mountain passes 2 - Top 10 Stories Most Talked about 3 - Top 10 Stories Most Emailed

• Gough on track to keep job • Jazz vocalist headlines NPAC • Mountlake Terrace makes football history • Tax revenue sagging, city budgets lagging • ‘Touch of Magic' show opens at Gallery North • Jackson repeats as South champs • Holiday Bazaars Calendar • Meadowdale storms back to grab title • Edmonds moves to Fire District 1 • Boeing will build, flight test and deliver 787s in South Carolina to spe ... • Snohomish County EDC promoting job growth in key industry clusters • $4 million grant to advance brain tumor research has Everett links • Providence medical center construction tops off its 12-story steel frame ... • Tulalip affordable housing project to be financed by KeyBank, Raymond Ja ... • Arlington's Lak of Ink has a growing following for Luke Kooyman's creati ... • Bank of the Northwest formed • Cascade Bank earns $1.6 million