Using NAEP cut scores devastates, disserves our students
Yeah, I think I made up that word, disserves. But I mean it; this new plan to use NAEP cut scores to grade schools…
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The Crisis of MPS’s Invisible Students, Part Three: Solutions
To sum up where we are: On Tuesday, I examined a large sample of students from the Milwaukee Public Schools, comparing achievement between students…
Read MoreThe crisis of MPS’s invisible students, part two: Implications
Yesterday, I broke down the numbers: Milwaukee Public Schools students who change schools within a year before they take the state’s standardized test (WKCE)…
Read MoreThe Crisis of MPS’s Invisible Students, Part One: FAY and Non-FAY
Wisconsin’s state achievement test, the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exam (WKCE), is given every November to public school students in grades 3-8 and 10….
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