>>>>> "DW" == David Weinlick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DW> On Saturday, January 29, 2005, at 04:17 PM, Michael Atherton wrote:
>> about the school or its curriculum. What strikes me as
>> important is that this "Math/Science Magnet" has only 42%
>> of third graders rated as proficient in Math. The percentage
>> raises to 59% in fifth grade (a good sign), but still far
>> below the level I would accept before sending my child to school
>> there.
DW> I find it interesting that your earlier was that Hale was very
DW> different than the rest of the district in terms of racial
DW> diversity. However, your comment about test scores seems odd
DW> in that context, as 59% in math is close to the district
DW> average. In fact, I'm not sure what school choices one would
DW> make if you require high test scores and a low percentage of
DW> white students. If everyone looked for schools using that
DW> standard, we would have an exodus from most of the school
DW> district into just a few schools. Not very many Minneapolis
DW> schools do have significantly higher scores in math.
Can you expand on this a little? I'm not sure what I'm supposed to
take home from this. Am I supposed to feel that a 59% on the test
scores is a good thing? Or simply that one can't choose between
schools based on math achievement scores?
I'm happy with our experience with the Minneapolis schools, and a
booster, but that doesn't mean I'm just rah-rah all the time. A 59%
score on math being isn't one of the things I'd be happy about...
By the way, can anyone supply an easy-to-use link to reach the testing
scores? Another one of the things that I'm not rah-rah about about
the Minneapolis schools is the design of their web site. It's
difficult to navigate, information is buried, and the designers
definitely don't have the same idea as I do about what material goes
with what topic items...
The best I could find in about 5 minutes was to go to the Hale (since
that's what got us started) info sheet, where I find that 03-04 3rd
grade math proficiency District-wide was only 50%....
Best,
R
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Robert P. Goldman
ECCO
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