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It only took a quick google search to see that the last time our 4th graders were measured in science (2017), Warwick's elementary % proficient was 41.9%. Which is not "significantly lower" than the state average, it's actually above (40.6%). Either the 36% was an error or the school department is cherry picking data from 3 years ago.
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Regardless, we can do better.
My larger concern is with the GEMS-Net program itself. I have a family member who teaches in one of those 13 public school districts using GEMS-Net. She told me that the district is constantly supplementing with other materials and questions its alignment to the science standards. There has even been talk of getting rid of the program within her district. I wonder how many science teachers were involved in the selection of this program for Warwick?
By the way, I have one of those students in 2nd grade, not officially in GEMS-Net, I haven't seen anything science related all year long. It's a shame because he really liked his science teacher last year, but we need budget cuts to pay for those excessive administrative salaries I read about a couple of weeks ago.
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