tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post92279423955190228..comments2023-12-26T01:53:37.129-07:00Comments on 'Burque Babble: Marty & Bill & Veronica & Winstonjscotkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09824360655778237168noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-83268951163230142412010-01-07T02:54:14.750-07:002010-01-07T02:54:14.750-07:00Often we forget the little guy, the SMB, in our di...Often we forget the little guy, the SMB, in our discussions of the comings and goings of the Internet marketing industry. Sure there are times like this when a report surfaces talking about their issues and concerns but, for the most part, we like to talk about big brands and how they do the Internet marketing thing well or not so well.<br /><br />www.onlineuniversalwork.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-30683152989111645552009-09-28T07:48:56.454-06:002009-09-28T07:48:56.454-06:00APS raised its graduation rates by dropping from t...APS raised its graduation rates by dropping from the statistical data base, any ninth grader who was not in the ninth grade for the first time.<br /><br />Drop those <b>least likely to graduate</b>, from the calculation and voila, a higher graduation rate.<br /><br />They should just go ahead and drop every kid with a GPA lower than 2.0. Then we would be graduating almost 100%, and we could stop worrying about it.ched macquigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06433039009492338854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-88975604362493382152009-09-28T06:02:15.427-06:002009-09-28T06:02:15.427-06:00Michelle:
Sorry...so many acronyms, so little e...Michelle: <br /><br />Sorry...so many acronyms, so little explanation...<br /><br />SBA = <br />Standards-Based Assessment = <br />Tests that determine Adequate Yearly Progress and all that No Child Left Behind stuff<br /><br />I've changed the first reference in the post in order to catch the mistake today, and apologize for my inevitable failure to ID these things properly in future postings.jscotkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824360655778237168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-68113985276932994542009-09-28T02:05:08.389-06:002009-09-28T02:05:08.389-06:00What is SBA here? I'm assuming it's not t...What is SBA here? I'm assuming it's not the Small Business Administration.michelle meadersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-87689683874935185572009-09-27T23:57:59.213-06:002009-09-27T23:57:59.213-06:00I do so enjoy your posts!! Even though I cry and ...I do so enjoy your posts!! Even though I cry and wring my hands while I read and laugh. <br /><br />I "graded" open-ended SBA items for the company that is providing them for N.M. recently. It was completely subjective! Four of us working on the same items disagreed, and it was just a matter of opinion.Abuelita2https://www.blogger.com/profile/16023296415791704149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-61267381471769338912009-09-27T21:43:26.014-06:002009-09-27T21:43:26.014-06:00I am watching the John Adams HBO dramatization and...I am watching the John Adams HBO dramatization and I am getting inspired by the words, "liberty will reign in America". Did he mean rain, or rein? We need to speak the truth. The NY Times article shows the ridiculousness of the testing as it is done. Follow the money and the corruption that goes with it. Pursue the education grants, of course, but we need to question the cuts being proposed in our state and the waste of the testing. No one should lose their job if a penny is being spent on the SBA. Let liberty rein in the corruption, rain on the drought of common sense, and may it reign in America.Stevenoreply@blogger.com