but see... the metric currently being measured is whether the school is improving. SO a really good school that is not "improving" enough gets penalized, while a bad school does not as long as the median reading score has gone from the 24th to the 25th percentile.
Dana On 10/5/05, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/5/05, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As of right now the only metrics being used by a vast majority of > > people are the test scores required by states... here in NY it's the > > "Regent's Exam"... a statewide exam given every year. Local schools > > are "graded" based on the percent of students that pass the exams. > > "Failing" schools (aka bad) have a pass rate below (I believe) 65%. > > And the parents of the kids in those schools don't have the ability to > move their kids to a better school unless it's a private school. > Sucks for them. > > > Our local school system had a 96% percent pass rate even though we are > > rural (the closest "chain" is 30 miles away, there are corn fields > > next to the soccer fields and students who want a job can work on an > > apple orchard, a nusrsery or at a dairy barn). > > Sounds like the college I went to (www.berry.edu <http://www.berry.edu>). > Student jobs > included working at the dairy or stables and cutting / bailing > hayfields. > > -Cameron > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176123 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
