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This is an interesting article. I have some concerns about the data. First, high school growth is difficult to discern. I almost didn’t read past the first point made stating that elementary and middle school student growth on the NAEP was much greater than high school student growth. Keep in mind that growth and achievement of the bar (credits) set for high school students are two different things. One implies that lessons have been received, the other implies some kind of academic growth. — maybe we should rethink what we want high schools to do (outcomes). I could enter high school reading at a 9th grade level and leave high school reading at a 9th grade level. At the same time, I may have earned an advanced diploma based on credits received, not growth, enter college and then drop out because I was not prepared. Perhaps the problem lies in the fact that we consider the credits earned as the measure of success, not the mastery of content and growth that will support learning at the next level. So should we reconsider why we assess students and how that assessment demonstrates readiness at the next level – or not? Maybe assessments have some validity in the readiness for college equation?
Who cares…
With China working to close the South China Sea and flying over the ROP…
With India and Pakistan working pell mell on nuclear armaments and super quiet diesel submarines for littoral waters near the Malaccan straights….
With this nation’s record dearmament in nuclear weapons and defense…
With new technology that can detect our super-quiet subs….
With Iran on the verge of a nuclear weapon….
With ISIS destabilizing the entire middle east…
With Russia now stepping across multiple lines in the sand and working to acquire its former republic…
And with RECORD SPENDING ON EDUCATION…….
And with a RUSHED REWRITE of ESEA and a cloture vote set for Wednesday….
The writing is on the wall.
Education reform is DEAD.
What are all of you liberal arts edu-refomrers gonna do?
Start a geopolitical think tank? God help us.
Can you guys really join the big boys club?
Hey bill,
Thought you might enjoy this:
As a reminder, when Rick Hess hosted Cami at AEI earlier this year, he shut down her presentation because parents from Newark were in the audience.