tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post115462425792900549..comments2023-12-26T01:53:37.129-07:00Comments on 'Burque Babble: The New Tests Scores Are Here! The New Test Scores Are Here!jscotkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09824360655778237168noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-1155409330588179112006-08-12T13:02:00.000-06:002006-08-12T13:02:00.000-06:00Stephanie: Yours is just about the nicest comment...Stephanie: Yours is just about the nicest comment I've yet received in the history of 'Burque Babble. Okay, that's not alot of history, but I just want you to know I really appreciate your kind words and meaningful insights. <BR/><BR/>I don't know if you saw it (and wonder if tackling another 2,000 paralyzingly intricate words on testing is a good idea), but I have a 2nd post on the subject. It's "More Fun With Test Scores" or something like that. <BR/><BR/>Good luck in all your research and effort to find the best school for your daughter (it was daughter, right?)...if every parent was as involved and thoughtful in this process it's hard to imagine how much better the quality of public schools would be, imho.jscotkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824360655778237168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-1155406420527787742006-08-12T12:13:00.000-06:002006-08-12T12:13:00.000-06:00I really appreciate your post. I have been studyin...I really appreciate your post. I have been studying these results since my daughter started kindergarten last year. <BR/><BR/>Last year, my first concern was that Collet Park hadn't passed. Then I was told that it was only because of the "English as a second language" students. <BR/><BR/>So this year when it didn't pass again, for the same reason, I've wondered what exactly are all these numbers used for?! What does it mean to me?! Etc., etc. <BR/><BR/>After reading your post I went back to the AYP results and understand a bit more about what the individual numbers mean but it still doesn't add up to anything useful to me. <BR/><BR/>One thing popped out to me that I missed before because I didn't understand the numbers. The AYP goal is the same across the board for each category. So, if they expect a lower percentage for the disadvantaged categories why are they measuring them with the same ruler? They already KNOW these kids perform lower. What is this supposed to tell us?<BR/><BR/>It makes me angry that there is so much money being spent on this nonsense just to end up making parents, students, and teachers feel like they are failing. <BR/><BR/>Additionally, it seems to me that it is economic suicide for the state to be advertising what seems to be a failing school system.<BR/><BR/>I am of the opinion that school is what you make of it and nothing more. The community within the public schools is a microcosm of the real world. A more realistic experience than a private institution. So, I am fully behind the public schools. I just wish our government would quit finding senseless ways of spending our education dollars. Our best investment would be in our teachers. Then we wouldn't have to just HOPE our kids get that special teacher that considers their job a labor of love. <BR/><BR/>Thanks Scot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-1155043485696986752006-08-08T07:24:00.000-06:002006-08-08T07:24:00.000-06:00Many thanks for the response: it was precisely wha...Many thanks for the response: it was precisely what I was looking for.<BR/><BR/>Also, many, many years ago - 1970, to be precise - I was a student for six months at MacArthur Elementary: it was a good six months, and we were sorry to leave ABQ.<BR/><BR/>Now to figure out where to live... somewhere not monochromatic, if you catch my drift. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-1154923460150532992006-08-06T22:04:00.000-06:002006-08-06T22:04:00.000-06:00All: Thanks for the comments, as well as the othe...All: Thanks for the comments, as well as the other emails I've gotten on this post. Richard...I was going to respond via this comment space, but your question led me to further exploration of the data and that turned into another, more recent, blog post on the subject. I didn't have your email..maybe you can take a look at that other post (and welcome to ABQ , btw). <BR/><BR/>And Nora: As a Humanities teacher I tend to think I'll never use any stat knowledge, but sometimes it just pops out of the wierdest places.jscotkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824360655778237168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-1154830487275649592006-08-05T20:14:00.000-06:002006-08-05T20:14:00.000-06:00My opinion about the "quality" of APS schools, whi...My opinion about the "quality" of APS schools, which is never mentioned when bashing it: this is a huge school district (5th biggest in the country), with city and suburban, rich and very poor kids. (also kids from homeless, recent immigrant, and teen-parent families) They equalize the operations funding between schools, instead of having triple the spending per capita in the suburbs, like many big cities elsewhere. School performance has more to do with the parents than the schools. So it's unfair to compare such a diverse school district with the suburban-only ones in other places.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-1154821773278649592006-08-05T17:49:00.000-06:002006-08-05T17:49:00.000-06:00Interesting post.So, as someone with two kids in e...Interesting post.<BR/><BR/>So, as someone with two kids in elementary school thinking of moving from Tampa to Albuquerque in the next couple of years, how do I go about figuring out if a given school is decent? This given the Catch 22 of trying to find a decent neighborhood.<BR/><BR/>And how far up the alluvial fan should I live? ;-)<BR/><BR/>If it helps, Rio Rancho does *not* sound appealing, nor do the Heights, but Nob Hill sounds interesting if a bit full of itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-1154708931690015992006-08-04T10:28:00.000-06:002006-08-04T10:28:00.000-06:00Wow! That was really interesting-- thanks for the ...Wow! That was really interesting-- thanks for the writeup! I think I need to brush up on my stats, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-1154627460508859922006-08-03T11:51:00.000-06:002006-08-03T11:51:00.000-06:00It reminds me of the way some economic statistics...It reminds me of the way some economic statistics are reported: what matters is how the results compared with expectations, not the results themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com