tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post4315840373559613421..comments2023-11-03T04:00:24.785-04:00Comments on Kentucky School News and Commentary: State board discusses next steps after EXPLORE, PLAN tests go away this fallRichard Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-18542803107073553572014-04-09T23:39:42.649-04:002014-04-09T23:39:42.649-04:00This just makes me so disturbed that I could hardl...This just makes me so disturbed that I could hardly finish the article. How many years are we out from SB 1 and how much do we actually have in place? Whoa, hold on a minute, we don't have it in place because we are going to change it again after everyone has spent all this time retooling for what was prescribed three years ago. Talk about a lack of credibility. Why would any administer or or educator even take the time to try to understand the curriculum or assessment of the day when it will only be changed yet again and any comparison with student performance in the past will not align with the next KDE flavor of the month. Sorry but there just isn't any credibility anymore in KDE leadership. <br /><br />Doc H. did all of his school visits to try to create credibility, then he had us chase our tales by creating a plan that didn't win the Fed RTTT grand prize. Scares us with the sky is falling educational fear mongering. Take a couple of years of throwing lowest performing schools under the bus. Spend tons of money on outside vendor contracts only to have the not fulfill their obligations and then quit providing the assessments. Churn out version after version of operating proceedures that can't be implemented completely much less monitored, still no social studies or science standards in place for assessment, throw teachers under the bus as being the main problem with KY education, now we have PGES to look forward to and hardly anyone knows how it is going to work on a large scale but our jobs are all going to be on the line with it (goodbye tenure - hello annual student learning goals). Hey at least after five years I am going to get a 1% raise ...if my district doesn't have to cut me first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com