hey now, watch where you are lumping the hyperactive ;P My kids would improve those test scores if anthing. Just as an aside, they quit requiring testing of homeschoolers in New Mexico because it was too embarrassing....for the schools.
NCLB overall was bad in that it created huge incentives for teaching to a given test. On the other hand the idea of having *some* sort of metric is not necessarily bad. The question is, how do you define it. Dana On 10/6/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Except that private schools can be selective. Public schools have to > take in all students, even those who are mentally handicapped, > hyperactive, cannot speak english etc. Yet all their scores are > factored into the NCLB assessments. Such is not the case for private > schools, so of course they look much better. > > larry > > On 10/6/05, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/6/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > NCLB already does this though the measures are different. ANd guess > what > > > happens when the time comes to shut the school down... there is no > place > > > else to send the kids so it stays open. > > > > Unless they can send the kid anywhere they want. Like a better school > > someplace else. :) > > > > Stating the obvious - yeah I should get back to work... > > > > -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:5:176307 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
