Show recent re acet school district D s g r ct testing it esti ay shows ste teady a dy pupil P UPI 1 I development deve hopmen t 1 the recent complete 0 of a battery of student educational tests in uintah school district when compared with the re suits bulls of the past three years tests testa showed a continuous pattern of growth in most subject flatter areas explained 11 reese anderson andersen director of pupil personnel the latest tests test were wee applied to the and eighth grades graded at the eamie time on an educational deve develop develio loo ment test teat WAO wa given to the eleventh graute at af them the high schools n the new tests testa shove showed that strong areas area reading g comprehension and vocabulary t which showed local label students only one month below tho the he ha lional average 4 weak areas area we were re in language arts k subjects such as grammatical usage usage mr anderson pointed out that if abw tests had been bas baa td 0 on a state average that likely the students would have shown up oven better t t lie ile said that progress dur ing tho jour four years that the tests testa shave have been given was good elgood 10 H the first year that thal the tests were given students were as far as one full year behind the national average v i in the currer current it fourth yeat year pf af the tests students student are ara naw 4 of a year beloy below showing nearly I 1 I 1 a half years improvement desdee individual develop ment the tests testa aid in the establishment ot 09 district wide programs to help in upgrading the weak areas i used in the grade oc school oi testing was the science research associates SHA pro gram which is a standardized standardize 4 achievement testing program used ased throughout the nation ir tests will yvell be given in vintah uintah school district in 14 november of each year and a manth or so needed to evaluate evalu ato the tests results are complied compiled by SRA on machines that pro coos cess as many as in 24 hodas the iowa tests were used at the high school level these are among the most widely used tided testing programs in america these tests rather than reflecting specific subject mat ter gained shaw the overall development of tile the students student and his ability to interpreted Inter prete these tests showed that hat the interpretation of natural sciences end and literature were strong points and well above the national average written expression and gen general pral cocab showed up as the weak areas the results of all bress areas allowed a composite only very slightly I 1 ghaly below e ow he is pa national one average recent intelligence tests in the first seventh and tenth grades and currently underway in pio fhe fourth grade show that the district ties has its ita regular quota of gifted students school at all levels in tile the district are exploring avenues of program expansion to meet the heeds of these dents junior and benlor high schools are making olec special lal efforts to in this direction die results of uiese tests testa continued on pails page 6 0 school Te testing continued from page 1 are reflected in the in service training program for teachers which presently is emphasize emph asiz i ing teaching of arithmetic Pro previous emphasis has been on reading which has resulted lit in steady improvement in that at steea ea mr anderson explained in commenting on the reorganization of the school board office into the director system mr anderson pointed out the greater efficiency resulting in part from a clear definition of duties |