Anderson & Turpin wrote:
"Perhaps school districts have required testing for some time for school
district to be reported to various depts. of education.  But it is important
for the public to receive this information, and for this information to be
reported by school, not just by district.  Also NCLB requires specific
actions, which will force schools to try to fix what's wrong, not just make
excuses."

Well, the Strib and the Press have been printing the reading and math
scores, school by school, for every school in Minnesota, for many many
years.  I've only been paying attention to it for about 12 years, so I know
it's at least that long.  And, you could always find out about the
"sub-groups" performance from the department, they had the statistics and
you could find out who the kids were who didn't pass.   As for "fixing" the
schools -- who do you think is going to "fix" all these schools?   I agree
with you that we should concentrate of the lousy schools which need drastic
restructuring, but I don't think that NCLB or not, there is the money to do
what needs to be done to "fix" those schools.

Diane Wiley
Tangletown

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