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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1995
Page
9
Tables show percent of ECISD students passing each TAAS part in Spring 1995 and 1994. The All row indicates the share passing all three TAAS sections, with year-by-year comparisons across subjects and grade levels.
The Texas Education Agency reports TAAS results for grades 3 5 6 and 7 in reading and mathematics. It does not compile statewide comparisons for 11th and 12th graders. High school students must pass all exam parts to graduate, and results exclude students in special education.
ECISD students in almost all grades improved on the TAAS test with higher passing rates in reading and math. Superintendent Gene Buinger credits enhanced curriculum alignment and teacher efforts, while practice tests and targeted instruction addressed gaps. Minority performance mirrors state trends with a white-majority lead across most grades.
Wayne Davis and Steve Holifield liquidated their 55 year collections at the Ector County Coliseum with 225 cars sold no minimum no reserve. Top prices included a 1953 Cadillac convertible 31 000 a 1941 Lincoln Zephyr 20 250 and a 1956 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster 39 000. More than 1.3 million was earned as bidders from across the nation competed. Davis plans to move to Fort Worth Aug 1 and start a new career. Crennegle, a Fredericksburg dealer, bid on several cars amid the sale's brisk pace.
Midland based Visual Aids News Mobile VAN volunteers and clients design theme based celebrations with color coordinated decor and flowers for people who are visually handicapped. The piece notes that 3 percent of Texas population is visually impaired, though many are not legally blind and mentions difficulties such as reading stove dials.
In 1973 Mayme K. Martin established VAN to help those with severe visual difficulties. She faced blindness from macular degeneration after being told in 1959 she was going blind and by 1963 had to sell her geological records business due to poor eyesight.
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