27 Sep 2006 - 16:23

email to the guidance counselor

Hi Griffin —

I’m wondering when we’ll see our kids’ ELA scores.

They’ve been reported in the papers & the school board has heard a report — are we parents going to see our kids’ scores sometime soon?

Thanks!

Catherine J.



Mrs. Johnson,
As of yet, we have not received the ELA scores. I just checked with Mr. Witazek and he said as soon as we receive the scores we will send them out shortly thereafter. If you need anything else, please let me know.
Griffin Murray




That really takes the cake.

I've grown incredibly tired of higher-ups.

Governments; bureaucracies; pundits; wonks. The lot of them. (I don't mean it about the wonks. Where would we be without wonks?)

I want:

• an online norm-referenced standardized test with cross-comparisons to all counties in my state, all states in my country, and all countries on my planet that I can choose or choose not to give to my child each year to ascertain whether he is or is not making one year's progress in one year's time, and which indicates clearly to me whether his year of progress is equivalent to a year of progress elsewhere

• immediate online scoring of said test

• immediate provision of any and all cross-comparisons I may choose to make

• quality assurance that test items have been carefully constructed & field-tested

• a set of cross-correlational statistics showing how this test relates to the classics such as the ITBS (or - here's a thought - the online test could actually be an ITBS)

• a set of cross-correlational statistics showing how scores on this test predict or do not predict future scores on the SAT, ACT, etc.

• BONUS: a set of guidelines as to what a student with my child's scores should be studying now

In short, I would like my child's test scores to be used first and foremost by me and my child.

Not by the state.

Not by the district.

Not by the school board.

Children first.

-- CatherineJohnson - 27 Sep 2006

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