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ABIGAIL ROBERTS

Correspondent

STANFORD – After two years of disrupted learning due to the COVID pandemic, the Kentucky Department of Education has released a full year of testing data for the 2021-22 school year.

The new accountability system uses a color-coded rating system with blue, green, yellow, orange and red – blue the highest and red the lowest.

Superintendent Michael Rowe said the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on Lincoln County students and schools as they continue to recover from the interrupted learning that occurred over the past two years.

“These assessment results will serve as a post pandemic baseline from which we will move forward as we look to new and innovative learning opportunities for all of our students,” he said. “There is no quick fix for the challenges our students endured during the pandemic. It’s going to take time and it’s going to take resources. A single test score does not provide a complete measure of student achievement. It is important to note that this year’s assessment results cannot be directly compared to previous years because of changes in the assessment and accountability systems.”

• Lincoln County High School: The overall rating for LCHS was yellow (medium). The Reading and Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Combined Writing, Quality of School Climate and Safety Survey and Graduation Rate indicators were also yellow. LCHS was rated orange (low) on Postsecondary Readiness.

Postsecondary Readiness is determined by a student’s “demonstration to successfully transition to the next level of his or her education career.”

The accountability data also shows that LCHS has a “Targeted Support and Improvement” (TSI) federal classification for students with disability.

TSI schools are those that have a subgroup performing at or below the bottom five-percent of all schools for the one year of data.

• Lincoln County Middle School: LCMS received an overall ranking of orange (low). All of the indicators for Reading and Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Combined Writing and Quality of School Climate and Safety Survey were ranked orange.

The accountability data shows that LCMS has a “Targeted Support and Improvement” (TSI) federal classification for students with disability.

• Stanford Elementary: Stanford Elementary was ranked yellow (medium) in the 2021-22 assessments. The Reading and Mathematics indicator was also yellow. The school ranked green (high) in the Science, Social Studies and Combined Writing assessments. The Quality of School Climate and Safety was ranked orange (low).

• Waynesburg Elementary: The 2021-22 state report card ranked Waynesburg Elementary as orange (low). All of the assessment areas including Reading and Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Combined Writing and Quality of School Climate and Safety Survey were ranked orange (low).

• Highland Elementary: Highland Elementary received an overall ranking of yellow (medium) in the recent state report card. The indicator for Quality of School Climate and Safety Survey was orange (low), while the indicators for Reading and Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Combined Writing were all ranked yellow (medium).

• Crab Orchard Elementary: The overall rating for Crab Orchard Elementary was orange (low). The school was ranked yellow (medium) in the Quality of School Climate and Safety Survey and orange (low) in the Reading and Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Combined Writing assessments.

• Hustonville Elementary: Hustonville Elementary received the highest overall ranking in the school district – green (high). For the Reading and Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Combined Writing assessments the school ranked green (high). The Quality of School Climate and Safety Survey indicator was yellow (medium).

Rowe said Lincoln County’s test scores are on par with the state results.

“…and even though we had some areas of concern, we also had some really bright spots,” he said. “I think for the size of our district, when compared to other districts in Kentucky, we’re one of the best.”

SO YOU KNOW

For more information and to view the 2021-22 school report cards and data visit https://www.kyschoolreportcard.com/home?year=2022.