Success: Test Scores Not Dropping
I found the following quote by Emmons School District rather descriptive of how schools view their job. Success is not improving test scores, but rather maintaining them.
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“This is such a different approach that even now some parents have questions,” |
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Check out what others are saying about this post...[...] My Letter to the Editor about Everyday Math made it into the News-Sun today. It was basically a shortened version of what I had written on here a few days ago about how Antioch’s elementary School District 34 was contemplating switching their math curriculum to Everyday Math. [...]
[...] The story of a math teacher in NY had fourth grade students who could not give him the answer for 4 times 8. That doesn’t sound like learning quickly. What this does point to is that a good teacher can teach any curriculum, but a bad teacher cannot teach with a bad curriculum. It appears St. Patrick may have good teachers. We don’t really know without reviewing their test scores. We do know that Emmons School District has had no gain in test scores by the admission of their Superintendent. [...]
[...] One board member knows the problems with Everyday Math but still voted to approve it. Educrats are almost always to get board members to vote their way especially when no community members speak up. [...]