tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22040291.post4163868219447787181..comments2024-01-09T17:38:35.707-05:00Comments on This Old State: Perdue wants new way to hold schools accountableUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22040291.post-29312506405937973222011-03-27T00:18:04.248-04:002011-03-27T00:18:04.248-04:00Of course schools should be held accountable. The...Of course schools should be held accountable. The problem is that artificial testing did not accomplish that goal for many reasons. First they forced teachers to abandon their professions and teach to the test. Education is about learning, success on the test is about winning, getting the highest score in any way possible.<br /><br />Rather than spend my time talking about what has and always will fail, it is time to develop, in the words of historian James Anderson, "a system and philosophy of education which really does respect the intelligence and abilities of ordinary people."<br /><br />We know there are many ways to assess a school. Graduation rates, attendance etc. But on the academic level in order to fairly assess schools there must be a level playing field. <br /><br />The best way to do that is to determine how many INDIVIDUAL students made progress during the school year. Due to its artificial nature the test is not a valid tool for this objective.<br /><br />In a proficiency based school, a good indicater of success is the progress students individually make in achieving proficiencies. Not those spewed out by the test but demonstrations of learning. This way all students will show what they really learn and their true individual progress. If a student learns slower, for whatever reason, that students progress is compared with that students average yearly progress. The same if a student moves faster.<br /><br />I realize this is too much for a small response to an article. If you are interested in the complete design of a new way of schooling, google my book, Saving Students From A Shattered System. For the first time in the history of this country, those who follow our lead will have a school designed for all students. Imagine that! A school for kids!<br /><br />Cap Lee<br />www.WholeChildReform.comCap Leehttp://www.wholechildreform.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22040291.post-8922325417977646202011-03-24T12:45:30.151-04:002011-03-24T12:45:30.151-04:00How will they get excellent teachers in the classr...How will they get excellent teachers in the classroom with wage freezes and now wage cuts? How about hold the student accountable and not the schools? We need to quit promoting kids who can't read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22040291.post-3059522669326793682011-03-21T19:12:10.754-04:002011-03-21T19:12:10.754-04:00Hilarious, the state sees fit to let go of the mul...Hilarious, the state sees fit to let go of the multiple choice tests but Gorman wants a test for EVERY class, even culinary arts and chorus!!!! WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22040291.post-36274053723256444352011-03-21T12:13:12.171-04:002011-03-21T12:13:12.171-04:00Funny how the UNC System cannot afford to clean it...Funny how the UNC System cannot afford to clean its classrooms but can spend hundreds of millions on basketball.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22040291.post-28412172960091905902011-03-21T11:31:08.937-04:002011-03-21T11:31:08.937-04:00Apparently Gov Bev has not seen what the SBOE sent...Apparently Gov Bev has not seen what the SBOE sent out, shown at last BOE meeting about evaluating criteria for teachers.<br /><br />Anyway, I lost faith in Judge Manning since he sat back and let TFA's and other types displace experienced teachers who simply had different opinions from the principals becuase they had classroom experience and the principla did not.therestofthestorynoreply@blogger.com