Michael Lach
Mon, 06 Aug 2001 07:14:18 -0700
Andrew Apicella asked me to post this message to the entire list. After reading the article about the preliminary data that indicates a large proportion of Illinois 11th graders have failed the PSAE, I need to know who has determined the status of "failure". When cut scores are being developed no one uses the words "fail" or "failing" as a designation. The working definition by ISBE and the PSAE makers of "does not meet the standards" indicates that the student has some knowledge of the material but not enough to be designated "meets the standards". Never is the term failure mentioned. The PSAE is not a pass/fail assessment where meets and exceeds levels equal passing. The two levels of does not meet and academic warning should not be interpreted as failings. Go back and look at the meanings of the designation "does not meet standards" before you are lead to the conclusion that more than 35% of our 11th grade students are failing the PSAE. -- This is the ISTA-talk mailing list. To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For more information: <http://www.ista-il.org/ista-talk.asp> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/ista-talk@lists.csi.cps.k12.il.us/>