Results Posted for Statewide Standardized Tests
The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development has released the latest results from statewide standardized tests for math, English, and science. The test uses four categories to measure students’
The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development has released the latest results from statewide standardized tests for math, English, and science.
The test uses four categories to measure students’ test results, advanced, proficient, near-proficient, and needs support.
Borough-wide, just under thirty-seven percent of students tested at the advanced or proficient level in English, and forty-point-five percent tested at those levels in math across all grade levels.
Talkeetna Elementary performed higher than the borough average in both math and English results. Trapper Creek students scored higher than the borough average in English but lower in math. Willow’s results were higher than the borough average in math, but lower in English. Su Valley averaged lower than the borough as a whole in both categories.
The statewide science assessment is only given to students in fifth, eighth, and tenth grades. Across the Mat-Su, forty-six-and-a-half percent of students scored either advanced or proficient. In Talkeetna, seventy-five percent of students tested in one of those two categories. In Willow, half of students tested achieved either advanced or proficient scores. Results were not published for Trapper Creek Elementary due to the small number of students tested. At Su Valley, just over thirty-seven percent of students tested in the upper two categories.
Read More
How the Upper Susitna Valley's local precincts voted in statewide and district races
According to unofficial election results from the Alaska Division of Elections, the majority of Talkeetna residents voted in favor of Democrat Mary Peltola in the U.S. Senate Race
Six Minute Science 11-7-26, Episode 59 - Alaska Grown Grains
Alaska Grown grains like Sunshine Barley are helping to build Alaska's food resilience and provide economic opportunities for local Alaskans. UAF Institute for Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extension Director Jodie Anderson talks about new grain varieties.
StarDate Susitna 11-8-26, by Kathleen Fleming
November can be a wonderful month for star gazing, and Kathleen Fleming wants to tell you about the night-sky events that may be visible in our Upper Susitna skies.
DOT began an erosion mitigation project near the railroad crossing in Talkeetna
this work will provide interim protection for the roadway, but it’s not a long-term solution because of unknowns about scour depth and right-of-way limitations