tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post4396909492897558875..comments2023-12-26T01:53:37.129-07:00Comments on 'Burque Babble: Drawing Out the Absurdities in Standardized Testingjscotkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09824360655778237168noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-62766671236810212282008-02-27T08:46:00.000-07:002008-02-27T08:46:00.000-07:00Thanks for the updated info. More people should t...Thanks for the updated info. More people should take an interest in the public schools, even though they don't have kids in them. They will be teaching most of our future fellow citizens. Don't we want competent people to do the work, vote for public policy, and pay into our Social Security? Also, they employ lots of people and use a huge chunk of tax money, which we should want spent well.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the writing or drawing prohibition was about making stray marks on the test booklet, since they are machine read. I'm 60, and those circles have been around since I was in school. Sometimes we weren't allowed other paper, in fear of bringing in "crib sheets". Or for math, we turned in our scratch paper to show our work. Maybe the graders didn't want to have to decipher notations that weren't related to test questions. And there was discrimination against kids who drew better than they wrote or looked like they weren't paying attention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-83564829118261731842008-02-27T06:57:00.000-07:002008-02-27T06:57:00.000-07:00I'm sure we'll only be meeting the locals - but I ...I'm sure we'll only be meeting the locals - but I might be wrong. This is on APS web site 2/20<BR/><BR/>Albuquerque Public Schools News Release <BR/>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR/>Subject : APS Receives 49 Applications for Superintendent <BR/>Author : John Miller <BR/>Posted Date : 2008/02/20 <BR/><BR/>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR/> <BR/>A dozen applicants in New Mexico, 37 from across country<BR/><BR/>[Albuquerque, N.M.] � The Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education announced in its Wednesday meeting that the firm representing it in its search for a new superintendent received 49 applications during its open search process, which ended Tuesday night. A dozen of the applicants are from New Mexico, while the remaining 37 were submitted from educators representing 20 other states.<BR/><BR/>�We�re pleased with the number of applications and by the fact that we received them from every region of the country,� Board President Paula Maes said. �We look forward to continuing the process and finding a superintendent who will lead APS to great success in the future.�<BR/><BR/>Maes said Ray and Associates, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, may collect a few more applications that were still in the mail. Applications were required to be postmarked by Tuesday. The search firm made 177 contacts to potential applicants.<BR/><BR/>The rest of the search process will be as follows:<BR/><BR/>6-8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 29: Superintendent Search Committee Orientation with Ray and Associates<BR/><BR/>8 a.m., Saturday, March 1: Search Committee reconvenes to discuss applicants and to recommend their top picks for superintendent candidates<BR/><BR/>Friday, March 7: The public will have an opportunity to meet the candidates in the John Milne Board Room at APS City Centre, 6400 Uptown Blvd. NE from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 3:30-5 p.m. and 5:30-7 p.m.<BR/><BR/>The search committee, made up of 27 educators, parents and community members, as well as three board members, will recommend a list of finalists to the board. The board will make the final selection, possibly by March 9, for a permanent successor to Elizabeth Everitt, who stepped down in December. Linda Sink has served as interim superintendent since Jan. 2.<BR/><BR/>Every child has a right to a quality public education and APS is committed to providing that education. For more information about Albuquerque Public Schools, visit www.aps.edu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-38093522097522574152008-02-27T01:40:00.000-07:002008-02-27T01:40:00.000-07:00The candidates for what? There are a lot of elect...The candidates for what? There are a lot of elections this year. Oh, APS superintendant! Do you mean the local ones or the secret not-local ones too? How much have they been narrowed down from the original applicants? <BR/><BR/>According to the Albuq. Trib's website on Feb. 18: "The committee will submit its list of finalists to the board on March 1, at which time a list of all the applicants will be released to the public, Maes said." <BR/>"March 7: Finalists meet with community groups: 6:45 a.m. student leaders, noon business and government, 5 p.m. district employees, 7 p.m. parents.<BR/><BR/>"http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2008/feb/18/aps-insiders-compete-superintendent-job/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-87465348518909296182008-02-26T12:51:00.000-07:002008-02-26T12:51:00.000-07:00Reasons why you should not draw or write between t...Reasons why you should not draw or write between tests:<BR/> 1. carpel tunnel syndrome may set in<BR/> 2. you might actually be tempted to rush through the test quickly so that you can get back to your doodling<BR/> 3. no one really gets enough reading during a reading test.<BR/> 4. My principal said so--and she told the students that it was a direct order from President Bush (NO LIE)<BR/>I strongly recommend the book, "Dishwasher; One man's quest to wash dishes in all 50 states", by Pete Jordan for your between- test reading. Nothing like cross-country dishwashing to put the whole SBA thing into perspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-64809277982297854282008-02-26T09:50:00.000-07:002008-02-26T09:50:00.000-07:00F.Y.I.Friday, March 7: The PUBLIC will have an opp...F.Y.I.<BR/><BR/>Friday, March 7: The PUBLIC will have an opportunity to meet the candidates in the John Milne Board Room at APS City Centre, 6400 Uptown Blvd. NE from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 3:30-5 p.m. and 5:30-7 p.m.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com