kappa, 85%, an alternate performance assessment. cme is 33%. special ed students and the distribution for the mouth -- math test and results are presented on the next two slides. with that, we will move on to other measures. in terms of other measures, the first thing we want to look at is algebra. enrollment in algebra and performance in algebra. algebra is considered in research as the gatekeeper to graduation. looking at this gatekeeper for graduation, you will find the district has increased the number of eighth graders taking algebra. so we have increased the access to courses in algebra. we still maintain our proficiency level as over half the students or 51.6% of the students had proficient -- were proficient. if you look at a five-year trend on kc, the passing grade has been pretty constant at 77%. in math, and has been -- it has been at 81% throughout these five years. again, very constant passing grades for 10th grade which is the first time students have taken the kc. >> i want to ask this now. we have a dip in the algebra 1 or highe

. >>> members of kappa sigma are coming back from devastating fire. they had a fire that burned with everything for all 25 members, but now they have coming back. >> reporter: the fan and a guest certainty is getting back on its feet after rising through the arabs. they are holding events like with good hopes for the heirloom -- alumni. >> the most practical solution is to rebuild as quickly as possible. >> reporter: the fire quickly consumed the house in the early morning hours of june the 21st 21st. investigators stay may have started in the laundry room. there's a happy of charred memories, and they have had to relocate all around sjsu. despite that, they have a new motto. >> we are still here, on fire, and we are like the third largest fraternity on campus. we are still here. >> reporter: they are opted mystic for the future, motivated to do more. >> we let everyone know out in public, we are ready, optimistic, and nothing has changed. >> reporter: they are also grateful for the support of the community and the greek system, even though the fire d

this happened early saturday morning at the pi kappa alpha fraternity house at the university of virginiae. police say several people were leaning on the balcony railing when it gave way. cory milner and joseph garbo of ashburn were injured. milner, who is a uva student. is in stable condition. >>> who is seeing gas prices drop under $3 a gallon? >>> one of the newest redskins talks about what it's like to be part of the dallas/washington rivalry. >>> 6:39 is our time. the "today" show comes up at 7:00, of course. let's check in with ann curry right now to see what they're working on this morning. ann, good morning to you. >> hey, joe. good morning. coming up on a monday morning on "today," the renewed calls for new jersey governor chris christie to enter the republican presidential race. this on the heels of herman cain's rather surprising victory in a florida straw poll. mr. cain will be joining us in a live interview. >>> also, amanda knox expected to take the stand in her appeals trial coming up. is that such a good move? >>> plus never before seen photographs from marilyn monroe's ve

and, jeffrey, you remember when i covered the story out of yale, the delta kappa epsilon frat and these i mean. >>> pretty horrific things. and it was a ritual. and women on the campus had spoken up about this type of behavior in the past and nothing was done about it until we made a national story out of it. so how do you -- is it tough to prove, in addition to this murder case, right, is it tough to prove a culture of tolerance for this type of behavior? >> well, it is tough to prove. and, you know, this is where the judge will have to make a difficult call if this case goes to trial. because yale will certainly argue, look. what these frat boys did was stupid. it was juvenile. it was embarrassing. but it had absolutely nothing to do with this crime. it is simply irrelevant to the issue of whether yale could have stopped this horrible murder from taking place in an office building. now the plaintiffs will argue, look. yale has a culture, has a tolerance for gross male behavior that could foreseeably lead to a crime like that. frankly, i think in recent years, judges tend to be more re

students are injuries after falling from a ball conneaut a fraternity house and happened at the pi alpha kappae university of virginia. one student remains in critical condition and the others suffered non-life threatens injuries and the inspector is investigating the incident. >>> the youngest victim has a playground dedicated in her honor. christina taylor green the hands playground opened yesterday at mesa verde elementary school where christina was a third grade student. her classmates chose a butterfly image as the playground's focal point and some deep's and support help to build the play on ground. >> and it took off and ran in there. they were excited and that is how we want people to remember her. >> she was interested in hole techs and hoping to meet congresswoman gabrielle giffords on the day she and five others were killed in that shooting. >> dozens of people in chicago pulled -- for a good cause. >> on your mark, get set -- . >> there they go. they tested their strength at chicago's o'hare international airport. there were two types of 20 and competed to see who would be the firs

she was a member of a great sorority, the alpha kappa alpha sorority. in that capacity as a member of the alpha theta omega chapter, she served and chaired many committees, particularly the black family, black heritage, health, social and systemly relations, salvation army and christmas stuffing committee. those were a lot of committees, mr. speaker. she was a very active individual. . she also found time to be associated with sigma phi fraternity. she was what was referred to, it took me a while to figure it out, but she was an acousa of gamma sigma, of sigma pie phi fraternity. she leaves a very, very loving family. in addition to her parents and her has -- her husband, she leaves three siblings, johnny lloyd jr., jarvis lloyd, and one loving sister that she was extremely close to, crystal lloyd williams and her sister-in-law, felicia hardy, and her husband dr. james hardy. and so, mr. speaker, i want to thank you for the time. it looks like i failed to mention one or two other relatives. while i have a few seconds left i would like to do that. she is

he had already accomplished a lot, been elected to phi beta kappa at vanderbilt, graduated from new york university law school, clerkd for a well known circuit judge, been involved in howard baker's first campaign, helped him set up his first office, and that was before i met him. since i've met him as many of you are already aware, it's hard to think of anybody -- hard to think of anybody who's done more things well. he went home in 1970 and ran a successful campaign for i think the first republican governor of tennessee had elected certainly since the civil war. ran for governor himself in a very bad year in 1974, didn't work out too well. but one of the things we know about our colleague lamar is he's pretty persistent so he tried it again in 1978. elected governor, re-elected governor in 1982, spectacular record. and then he did a very unusual thing and i remember knowing about it at the time, i kept up with him since we had met years before, we were here in washington, he took his entire family and went to australia for six months. put the kids in school there. and actually wrote a

he had already accomplished a lot, been elected to phi beta kappa at vanderbilt, graduated from new york university law school, clerkd for a well known circuit judge, been involved in howard baker's first campaign, helped him set up his first office, and that was before i met him. since i've met him as many of you are already aware, it's hard to think of anybody -- hard to think of anybody who's done more things well. he went home in 1970 and ran a successful campaign for i think the first republican governor of tennessee had elected certainly since the civil war. ran for governor himself in a very bad year in 1974, didn't work out too well. but one of the things we know about our colleague lamar is he's pretty persistent so he tried it again in 1978. elected governor, re-elected governor in 1982, spectacular record. and then he did a very unusual thing and i remember knowing about it at the time, i kept up with him since we had met years before, we were here in washington, he took his entire family and went to australia for six months. put the kids in school there. and actually wrote a

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