tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post6882687198027697361..comments2023-11-03T04:00:24.785-04:00Comments on Kentucky School News and Commentary: Does CNN's Anderson Cooper Shape His News?Richard Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-35798287381163850522009-11-07T15:06:35.318-05:002009-11-07T15:06:35.318-05:00His. Thanks, Dick.His. Thanks, Dick.Richard Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-23523382054098371042009-11-07T15:00:20.821-05:002009-11-07T15:00:20.821-05:00CNN shaping news? Was there ever any doubt?
All t...CNN shaping news? Was there ever any doubt?<br /><br />All that aside, I have not seen the comments you credit to Terry Holliday, but there is a mistake in what you published (his or yours, I can't tell). Kentucky did indeed get one point of NAEP Scale Score equivalent inflation when CATS was reset in 2007, but it wasn't in math, it was in fourth grade reading (Table 11 in "Ma<br />pping State Proficiency Standards Onto NAEP Scales: 2005-2007," NCES 2010-456). In eighth grade math, the inflation was much more notable at 6 NAEP Scale Score equivalent points. <br /><br />NCES 2010-456 unfortunately only did comparisons when states tested math or reading in either 4th or 8th grade in both 2005 and 2007. Since we didn't finally test math in 4th grade and reading in 8th grade until 2006, the NCES document does not show inflation that also occurred in these KCCT tests. <br /><br />However, I did examine that using a "NAEP Ruler" technique I developed several years ago. The "Ruler" plots the position of the proficiency rate from the KCCT on a scale that runs from zero at the NAEP rate reported for Kentucky for Basic and Above and 100 at the NAEP rate of "Proficient or Above." <br /><br />The results show KCCT inflated across the board in both math and reading in both grades. Read about that here:<br /><br />http://www.freedomkentucky.org/index.php?title=CATS_Academic_Test_Inflation#NAEP_Ruler_Also_Shows_Inflation_in_CATS_Over_Time <br /><br />and here: <br /><br />http://www.bipps.org/files/2/CATSinDecline.pdf<br /><br /><br />More recently, I applied the NAEP Ruler technique to the new 2009 NAEP math results. There was a further, notable decay in scoring rigor on the KCCT between 2007 and 2009 which was NOT supposed to happen. Read about that here:<br /><br />http://bluegrasspolicy-blog.blogspot.com/2009/10/federal-tests-show-kentuckys-test.htmlboth grades.Richard Inneshttp://www.bluegrasspolicy-blog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-50593963226557967362009-11-07T15:00:06.035-05:002009-11-07T15:00:06.035-05:00Yeah, Garrett...and we'er never sensationalist...Yeah, Garrett...and we'er never sensationalist on the internet. ; )Richard Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-66489403783429990952009-11-07T14:56:31.090-05:002009-11-07T14:56:31.090-05:00Thanks Susan.Thanks Susan.Richard Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-64667844324018593932009-11-07T14:40:01.306-05:002009-11-07T14:40:01.306-05:00I think "fourth grade mathematics" shoul...I think "fourth grade mathematics" should be "fourth grade reading." The study looked at fourth and eighth grade reading and mathematics in 2007, with comparisons to 2005. But in 2005, our elementary math test happened in fifth grade, so the study leaves that out.SPWestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08602329486466534720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-43524835269572744942009-11-07T12:53:00.294-05:002009-11-07T12:53:00.294-05:00Worthless sensationalist "news" networks...Worthless sensationalist "news" networks...this is why I don't watch cable news networks. CNN, MSNBC, and especially Fox News are all more interested in riling up their viewers and increasing that viewership than actually reporting impartially. I'll stick with my Stephen Colbert for entertaining news, and the internet for actual news.Walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17743011323661479985noreply@blogger.com