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    December 6, 2017
    Erica Dischino / Tribune file photo A seventh-grade student works on math homework at a Willmar Middle School after-school program in this October file photo. Willmar Middle School students’ math scores surpass the state average and their progress was highlighted when the school district conducted its annual public hearing on its World’s Best Workforce progress recently.
    Willmar makes progress on World's Best Workforce goals
    WILLMAR — Willmar Middle School students' math scores are above the state average, exceeding the goals set in the district's World's Best...
    newsDecember 6, 2017 - 10:25pm
    April 26, 2017
    Briana Sanchez / Tribune Margaret Schmitz, science teacher at Willmar Senior High, and Jana Peterson, coordinator for 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant, talk March 22 at the high school about the different types of programs that are a part of the grant.
    On track for graduation
    WILLMAR — Life at Willmar Senior High School can be a bit of a shock to an incoming freshman. Classes are more difficult, and they move...
    newsApril 26, 2017 - 9:17am
    June 23, 2016
    Margaret Biggerstaff, coordinator for the West Central Achievement and Integration Collaboration, demonstrates ways to help students learn math differently during a summer program involving seven area school district. The first session was held in the New London-Spicer School District. The second session begins in August in Willmar. (CAROLYN LANGE | TRIBUNE)
    Area summer program makes sense of math
    NEW LONDON — When 32 middle school students and five teachers go to Valleyfair amusement park today, they won’t just be riding roller coasters....
    news/educationJune 23, 2016 - 11:30pm
    May 9, 2015
    Area schools host middle school math fair Monday-Wednesday
    WILLMAR — The West Central Achievement and Integration Collaborative will host a three-day math fair next week at the Willmar Civic Center. The purpose of the fair is to show students the importance of math in a variety of careers.
    newsMay 9, 2015 - 9:23am
    June 8, 2014
    In this undated photo, Adrian Cruz, left, and Keilynn Swenson, read aloud to one another in Nick Clasemann’s second-grade classroom at Kennedy Elementary School in Willmar. The U.S. Department of Education estimates that students can lose the equivalent of two months of reading or math skills over the summer if their brains aren’t kept active. It’s referred to as “summer slide.” Tribune photo
    Local teacher, library offer advice for kids to avoid ‘summer slide’
    Kristen Egge can tell in September whether her students were engaged in academic activities during their summer break. “Kids need to read and...
    news/educationJune 8, 2014 - 11:18pm
    August 26, 2013
    In this undated photo, Andrew Flolo shakes dice during his first round of the game Bunco at Roosevelt Elementary School in Willmar. Volunteers were teaching the game as a means to help the students improve on their math skills by adding numbers quickly. Tribune photo
    State test scores indicate improvement in math
    WILLMAR — Minnesota’s students scored better than last year in state standardized tests in math but not quite as well in science. The...
    news/educationAugust 26, 2013 - 11:36pm
    April 14, 2012
    Second annual youth science retreat is today in Willmar, Minn.
    WILLMAR -- The second annual i3@MTC Youth Science Retreat takes place today the MinnWest Technology Campus in Willmar. The free, day-long event takes place from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and features demonstrations, hands-on labs, real-life applications of science and expose students...
    newsApril 14, 2012 - 7:48am
    February 26, 2011
    Math resources
    Students and parents who want to practice on MCA III sample problems can go to the website www.perspectiveforfamilies.com. Choose Minnesota on the home page, and then choose the student's grade on the Minnesota home page. Students should have an ID number they can use to sign in,...
    newsFebruary 26, 2011 - 12:34am
    Test-writing process
    The State Department of Education uses great care to develop the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments. Danith Clausen, Willmar's director of curriculum and instruction, said the tests are written by groups of teachers recruited by the SDE from across the state. They start with the...
    newsFebruary 26, 2011 - 12:33am
    Eighth-grade students across the state will take the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment test in math in April. Teachers at the Willmar Middle School are a little anxious about the new test -- the MCA III -- which will be heavy in algebra and will be given online for the first time this year. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)
    Are you smarter than an eighth-grader?
    Take a look at the state's sample math test for eighth-graders, chock full of algebra problems, and, depending on your memory and your age, you...
    newsFebruary 26, 2011 - 12:28am
    June 15, 2009
    Minnesota Opinion: On math standards
    An excerpt from recent editorials in Minnesota newspapers: From the Associated Press On second thought, the Minnesota Legislature decided that the state's GRAD math test wasn't ready for prime time. The test, consisting of 40 questions embedded within the 85-question MCA-II math...
    opinion/editorialsJune 15, 2009 - 12:00am
    December 6, 2008
    Public Forum: The real-life math test
    I have a few comments regarding the article in your Dec. 1 edition, "Students and teachers nervous about math test." Sorry to tell you, kids, but life is full of math tests. Get over it.
    opinion/lettersDecember 6, 2008 - 12:00am
    October 14, 2008
    NLS students surpassing state expectations in reading, but not in math
    NEW LONDON -- Results from the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments-Series II (MCA-II) tests were presented to the New London-Spicer School Board Monday during its regular meeting. According to the test results, NLS students are meeting or exceeding standards in reading at a higher...
    newsOctober 14, 2008 - 12:00am
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