tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post8472091816018521714..comments2023-11-03T04:00:24.785-04:00Comments on Kentucky School News and Commentary: KDE Releases Transitional Graduation Rate DataRichard Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-24532180963322829612011-08-02T19:08:47.799-04:002011-08-02T19:08:47.799-04:00Another KDE initiative to impose perceived quantit...Another KDE initiative to impose perceived quantitative analysis as a basis of institutional performance comparisons using mumbo jumbo mathmatics. Why freshman to sophomore transition as part of the formula? Why not start at first grade?<br /><br />I have been an educator since KIRIS and don't see anyway a seasoned educator in Kentucky who is still serving students in a school can have any confidence in yet another new and improved attempt to quantitatively evaluate our schools. We have been doing this for over two decades and the continuous change of testing formats, assessments, reconfigurations of what is often the same core content, etc. has netted us more professional frustration and wasted PD time/resources than it has benefitted the students we have served. After 25 years we may be sending a few more kids to college but many apparently aren't prepared for college curriculum or instruction. So maybe it is good to burst a few high graduation rate bubbles and really look at what we have accomplished with all of the new and improved top down initiatives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com