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6 A SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016 Tests from 1A randomly click on answers.” Another concern Grzeskowiak shared was that unlike the older OAKS test, the state has mandated that students only take the test once for each grade level. “In previous years, a student could take the test three times if they wanted to,” he said. “When you graduate from law school, you can take the bar exam as many times as you want until you pass. Telling a 10-year-old in the fourth-grade ‘Everything rides on one test,’ is not really consistent with what we do in the practical Economy from 1A about RAIN’s partnership with him and the development of his software app. Henry will also speak. Spencer said, “Because I talked to them, I know that the businesses are excited about all that’s happening here.” RAIN is also working with the cities of Florence and Coos Bay to hire someone to work specifically with entrepreneurs and businesses on the coast. “We’ve already made enough of an impact with RAIN that they are recognizing that we need to have some folks here all the time,” Spencer said. “Everybody is working together to make sure this suc- ceeds,” Rose added. Committee members David Wiegan and Robbie Wright spoke about the committee’s role and the new Florence busi- ness website. “The best fit for the commit- tee was for it to be part of the city,” Wiegan said. “We’re working to be an actual viable entity that becomes known and changes the dynamic of the area.” In addition, the Economic Development Committee and City of Florence are looking to real world.” Grzeskowiak expressed some frustration over what he saw as inconsistencies with Oregon schools’ scores in the national Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) scores and the state testing scores. “We have a testing cycle where our state has an average of 33 percent of kids passing the math test. At the same time, earlier this week, Oregon Department of Education sent out a press release that said ‘Oregon students are doing better than the other state aver- ages on the SAT,’” he said. “On our national tests we are doing better, but on the state test we have 30 percent pass- ing. That tells me something needs to be adjusted on the state tests.” According to Grzeskowiak, the issue is compounded by the higher degree of learning expectations placed on stu- dents today. “When we look at Common Core, there is what we call a ‘push-down’ of curriculum. What kids are currently doing in fourth- and fifth-grade, three or four years ago they were doing in the latter part of their sixth-grade year. “What kids are now doing in the seventh- and eighth- grade you saw as ninth- and 10th-grade curriculum,” Grzeskowiak said. He added that the same push-down extends into high school with college-level stud- ies. “With only two years of data, compared to state aver- ages, I would say we are doing OK,” Grzeskowiak said. “Yes, we need to do better in the late elementary and middle school grades in some of the testing.” Grzeskowiak said the dis- trict has implemented extended learning times (ELT) with a 30-minute buffer four days a week. During the ELT, stu- dents can make up tests and do assignments for classes. The high school has also added a program called Freshman Success. “It is school orientation, but it also teaches how to study, how to ask for help and how to get the additional help you need between the bells,” Grzeskowiak said. “We know that some of the kids need help but we can only control what happens between the bells.” He also said, “Trying to fit everybody through the same college prep mold is kind of what the state has pushed.” Grzeskowiak explained that the goal is to round out as many of those other expe- riences with bringing back and maintaining auto shop and culinary arts to make sure that kids who are on a vocational track can go out hire a part-time, temporary per- son to focus on economic development. “Our goal is to make sure we’re at the table to know when a lead comes into the state of Oregon,” Rose said. “We need to know if that business can fit the little basket representing our city.” He said that the economic development position would be on call and available to match businesses with the area. “And we’ve got to market the city different than a retire- ment city,” Rose said. “It’s all intertwined — places to live, places to work. We’re part of all that, and we have to work together to solve theses issues so the town flourishes and grows.” Henry said the committee is working hard to “set the things in motion to begin to address these issues of jobs, skilled workers and housing.” Later in the meeting, Florence City Council took several steps to align with the city’s 2016 goals and work plan. Economic development is third on the council’s list of goals. The first was the sale of Lot 30 of the Pacific View Business Park to area residents who plan to move their business within city limits. According to City Manager Erin Reynolds, it is the first commercial lot sale in the park since 2010. The second was the purchase of an acre of land near the Florence Events Center, owned by Aspen Flo, LLC. The pur- chase ensures the land is avail- able for the future expansion of the events center. “It’s very exciting,” Henry said. Florence Urban Renewal is also working on marketing commercial properties, includ- ing the Lotus Restaurant prop- erty on Bay Street. For more information on economic development, go to FlorenceBusiness.org or ci.florence.or.us. and get a job. Overall, Grzeskowiak sees the challenges of the new testing protocols as some- thing that is becoming a part of the increasing demands society is placing on stu- dents. “Our kids are improving and they are doing better and better, but I do take their level of performance with a grain of salt, knowing that our kids now are doing many things I didn’t do 30 years ago in high school,” he said. “The level at which kids are expected to perform is much higher today and the number of credits it takes to graduate are much higher.” Breaking news, photo galleries and MORE! 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