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NOVEMBER 6, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9 police scanner MONDAY, OCT. 26 • 9:24 a.m. - Menacing display of weapons on 4400 block River Road N. • 2 p.m. - Stolen bicycle on 3800 block River Road N. • 4 p.m. - Criminal mischief and vandalism on 5300 block Arcade Ave. NE. • 8 p.m. - Criminal mischief and vandalism on 5200 block Ridge Drive NE. TUESDAY, OCT. 27 • 7:26 a.m. - Traffi c accident on Chemawa Road N. and Newberg Drive • 10:37 a.m. - Unlawful delivery of methamphetamine on Cherry Ave. and Ring Street NE. • 5:55 p.m. - Criminal mischief and vandalism on 5300 block Ar- cade Ave. NE. • 6:41 p.m. - Criminal mischief and vandalism on 5300 block Ar- cade Ave. NE. • 10 p.m. - Graffi ti on 2100 block Keizer Road NE. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28 • 12:07 a.m. - Arrest for DUII on 5100 block River Road N. • 1:21 a.m. - Reckless burning on 1400 block Chemawa Road NE. • 5:45 a.m. - Sudden death on 7400 block Parkplace Drive NE. • 5:40 p.m. - Traffi c accident on River Road N and Sam Orcutt Way NE. • 11 p.m. - Arrest for theft from a building and probation violation on 5100 block Springfi eld Court N. • 11:49 p.m. - Unlawful possession of marijuana on 900 block Plym- outh Drive NE. THURSDAY, OCT. 29 • 3:49 p.m. - Telephone harass- ment on 4900 block Noren Ave. NE. FRIDAY, OCT. 30 • 8 a.m. - Arrest for probation vio- lation warrant on 900 block Che- mawa Road NE. • 2:59 p.m. - Traffi c accident on 1000 block Lockhaven Drive NE. • 7 p.m. – Theft from a building on 100 block Delta Court N. • 7:05 p.m. - Traffi c accident on 3500 block River Road N. • 10 p.m. - Theft from a vehicle on 1700 block Marigold Street NE. SATURDAY, OCT. 31 • 4 a.m. - Arrest for theft of ser- vices on 5000 block Allendale Way NE. • 8:45 a.m. - Theft from a vehi- cle on 6400 block Honeywood Court NE. • 3:39 p.m. - Telephone harass- ment on 900 block Horizon Court NE. • 6:50 p.m. - Unlawful possession of marijuana on 900 block Nan- dina Court NE. • 8:07 p.m. - Traffi c accident on 1600 block Lockhaven Drive NE. • 9 p.m. - Theft from a vehicle on 800 block Foothill Court NE. • 10:28 p.m. - Arrest for DUII on Chemawa Road NE and Rick- man Road NE. • 11:34 p.m. - Sudden death on 800 block Moneda Court N. SUNDAY, NOV. 1 • 5:44 a.m. - Arrest for DUII on River Road N and Cummings Lane N. • 1:17 p.m. - Sudden death on 5300 block River Road N. • 1:37 p.m. - Arrest for warrant 4800 block Verda Lane NE. births • Tristan Wayne Johnson was born October 22, 2015 at Sa- lem Hospital. The baby boy weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces. The parents are Eric Johnson and Aria Chappell of Keizer. The grand- parents are Wendy Gwyn and Dawayne Chappell, Deborah John- son and Anthony Givens. • Zadok Barrett Smith was born November 2, 2015 at Sa- lem Hospital. The baby boy weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces. The par- ents are Jeremy and Brooke Smith of Salem. The grandparents are Clyde and Diana Brown of Colville, Washington. Carolyn and Stan VanDyke and Larry and Holly Smith of Keizer. 2015 POLK COUNT Y Holiday Fair Fri, Nov 6 – Sat, Nov 7 SKSB dissects test scores By HERB SWETT For the Keizertimes State-administered tests show that the Salem-Keizer School District compares fa- vorably with state schools as a whole in some ways, but school board members are eager to keep its students im- proving. That is what board mem- bers told Superintendent Christy Perry and other dis- trict administrators Tuesday at a work session of the board. Administrators passed around charts showing how district students were progressing in different areas and breaking down test performances by groups. Most of the charts showed percentages of students who met state standards. One for 11th-grade Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBAC) scores in 12 states across the nation in the 2014-15 school year showed Oregon fi rst among the 12 with 69 percent of high school juniors meeting reading standards and Salem- Keizer topping that fi gure at 71 percent. Where meeting math- ematics standards was con- cerned, South Dakota came fi rst at 39 percent and Ver- mont second at 37 percent, with Oregon and Con- necticut tied for third at 31 percent. Only 29 percent of Salem-Keizer juniors met the math standards. Other charts involved elementary and middle school students as well as high school students. Some broke down results by ethnic and other backgrounds. Pie charts comparing the 2005- 06 school year with a total of 38,981 students in the dis- trict with the 41,464-student 2015-16 school year showed that the percentage of His- panic students went from 26 to 40 in a decade while the percentage of white students dropped from 56 to 49. Figures from the Oregon Department of Education for the district showed that the percentage of students liv- ing in state-defi ned poverty went from 40 to 58 in the 10 years, those learning English rose from 16 to 19 percent, those who had special educa- tion needs went from 12 to 16 percent and talented and gifted students declined from 10 to 7 percent. Kelly Carlisle, assistant su- perintendent, pointed out that special education ser- vices are not only for stu- dents who have intellectual and learning disabilities but also for those with emotional disturbance, communica- tion disorders, hearing im- pairment, autism and other health impairments. 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Asian students tended to score the highest, followed in order by white, multira- cial, native American, Pacifi c island, African American and Hispanic students. In elementary math scores, with the state outperform- ing the district in most cases, the ethnic breakdown again had Asian students on top. They were followed in order by white, multiracial, native American, Hispanic, African American and Pacifi c island students. In the middle schools, the state outperformed the dis- trict slightly in reading but the district was somewhat ahead in math. Asian middle school stu- dents led in English and language arts. Next in or- der were white, multiracial, native American, African American, Hispanic and Pa- cifi c island students. In math, ethnicities followed the same pattern except that Hispanic students were ahead of Afri- can American students. All high school results were for juniors. 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