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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1989 <br /> <br />priorities for 1989-90 were listed as follows: <br /> <br />Computer TechnOlogy Study, assisted by a special team of <br />International Business Machine representatives, as a basis for <br />launching the local school system on a long-range plan for <br />improving and upgrading the use of technology in all aspects <br />of the system's educational and management programs; <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Administrative Review Program, to begin in April of 1990, for <br />the purposes of (a) determining wh~ther the local school <br />division is meeting required regulations, standards, and <br />state-and federal laws, (b) providing the local school <br />division with an objective view of its programs, and (c) to <br />correct and eliminate areas of non-compliance; and <br /> <br />School Evaluation for the purpose of improving the quality of <br />the school programs and the delivery of service to students as <br />part of the State Board of Education's school accreditation <br />process. <br /> <br />In connection with the aforementioned school population for the year 1988-89 <br />and the probability that the number has stabilized, the School Board reported <br />its student population as of September 30, 1989, as being 2,848 which includes <br />285 tuition-paying students and 65 tuition free-students (this latter group <br />being children of School/City employees). Based on a student population (of <br />2,806) at September 8, 1989, it was estimated that (of the 2,848 students at <br />October 10, 1989) 47% are Black, 52% are White, and the remainder of Asian <br /> <br />nationalities- <br /> <br />The results of findings from the several students testing programs were next <br />presented, involving students in Grades 1, 4, 8, and 11, and comparing their <br />scores with like students and grades of surrounding or adjacent school <br />divisions as well as those as a whole tested throughout the State of Virginia. <br />For students of certain other grades, achievement-vs-ability tests have been <br />administered showing that Martinsville students scored significantly higher in <br />all areas than their expected ability-level would project. <br /> <br /> <br />