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22,578 Texas Seniors will not graduate with the Class of 2011

The numbers are astounding, and have been for years. This year alone 22,578 Texas Seniors will not graduate with the Class of 2011 because of their inability to pass one or more sections of the TAKS Exit Level Tests. In the past 4 years, approximately 123,000 young people have left Texas High Schools without a Diploma. These people are not welcome back at their High Schools because they HAVE completed all their required credits, and they cannot go very far into a Community College without their High School Diploma, and they certainly are not welcome at a 4 year University. Their only recourse is to continue to try to pass the TAKS test each time it is given. But the more time that passes, the more Math or Science a person forgets, Math and Science TAKS being the leading causes of TAKS failures.

In the Spring of 2010, just last year, 50,613 Juniors failed to pass one or more sections of the TAKS Exit Level Test. They then had FOUR more chances to retake the sections they failed over the course of the summer and their senior year. This Spring 22, 578 of those students will not graduate. Somewhere along the line 28,000 students managed to save their diploma ... but still, 8.3% of the 2011 senior class will not graduate.

On the Math TAKS alone, almost 30,000 students failed in Spring of 2010. The numbers for the Spring 2011 test of Juniors have not been released yet, but we assume they will be similar. The initial failure rate on the Exit Level TAKS Math averages around 18%.

As a High School Math teacher for 22 years and a local Private Math Tutor for the past 6 years, Lucinda Mackinnon is very familiar with the Exit Level TAKS Math Test and would like to help students and schools conquer this test. She has developed a Test Booklet/DVD set entitled "Ms Mack Teaches TAKS" which offers very personalized help with the type of questions asked on the TAKS Exit Level Math test. Through the recommended use of this Test Booklet/DVD set, she has seen students gain up to 13 more correct answers on the TAKS test from a previous low score, an almost 60% improvement rate in some cases.

The most important aspect of Ms Mack Teaches TAKS is the immediate and detailed feedback a student receives after completing each of the 10 question mini-tests in the Test Booklet. The DVD contains 100 videos showing a detailed explanation of how to do every single problem in the Test Booklet, along with detailed calculator information and tricks. The student can actually see and hear Lucinda Mackinnon, "Ms Mack", explain the correct way to do any problem the student has difficulty with. The student is free to pause, rewind, re watch any video on the DVD. This is truly a DVD ... NOT a CD-ROM.

You are able to view 3 sample questions and the DVD responses via this Link ... http://www.math-matters.org/more-video.html

And you may purchase "Ms Mack Teaches TAKS" test booklet and DVD set via this link ... http://www.math-matters.org/buy-now.html

Math-Matters is offering a Special to Texas Schools .... Buy $250 worth of "Ms Mack Teaches TAKS" products and receive the rights to copy the Test Booklets for use in classrooms. The Test Booklets are copyrighted by the Library of Congress.

Math-Matters is also offering one FREE hour of tutoring to local students who purchase the Test booklet/DVD set and mention this article in their order.

Lucinda Mackinnon is a certified Math teacher with 22 years classroom experience and 6 years experience running a Private Math tutoring business in Lewisville, TX. Her contact info can be found at http://www.Math-Matters.org