tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-254906486894292571.post8994990628167509189..comments2023-10-07T02:46:43.675-07:00Comments on A Musing: State Testing Scores: Numbers come between education and our studentsJust a voicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002783158683261851noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-254906486894292571.post-59332114375651156762011-09-17T08:40:48.347-07:002011-09-17T08:40:48.347-07:00Joe, I agree with what your saying. Those kids obv...Joe, I agree with what your saying. Those kids obviously need help, but I'm worried it would simply turn into test prep because our administrators' jobs are depending on it. I mean, if you've got a family, you've got to support them. It's just so hard because we all know what the elephant is in the room, but no one's really willing to deal with it because the problem has gotten so big it's just too overwhelming to even attack. Your point made about graduation is a good one, but again it's tied to graduation rates and those are tied to funding and how good the school looks. If our district, any district, really addressed the problems, all the stats would probably change for the negative and the suits aren't willing to do that. We're doing what's right to get money, not to truly help kids beyond the walls of our high school. As a nation, we've embraced this expectation that every kid should, none should fail and that's simply not realistic. You have to fail in order to learn, and that's the case for our schools right now. I just hope we choose to learn from this failure.Just a voicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04002783158683261851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-254906486894292571.post-77432037759273712342011-09-16T21:23:14.126-07:002011-09-16T21:23:14.126-07:00You know how much I detest state exams and all the...You know how much I detest state exams and all the data bs, so my idea for pulling those who aren't proficient was an attempt at finding a solution so we can stop wasting time making generalizations about demographics and return focus to individual students. I didn't mean to pull those students and teach to the test, but to focus on some strategies. Other states have board exams that students must pass in order for them to graduate while here in Nebraska, a student can not meet proficiency in 4th, 8th, and 11th grades and still graduate. How is that even justifiable?joeblackstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17404469356908549721noreply@blogger.com