Re: NCLB help!!!!

[arthurhu@ATTBI.COM]

I'm pretty sure NLCB does NOT require a performance based test like
WASL, but it is permitted as long as that's that Terry Bergeson
says, and the legislature is OK with that. Somehow, we need to let the
legislature know that WASL is completely unsuitable as a standard for
100% of children to meet.

Unfortunately, a norm-referenced test, which by definition always
produces some number of students under any chosen performance level is
also unsuitable for a law that demands 100% passing.

The real problem is  that it is insane to specify ANY standard for 100%
passing when the reality is that there is a bell curve of ability and
how Bush and friends got talked into this piece of garbage is .. well
not that surprising.

The progressives need to stand up for the original meaning - which is
that education is NOT always about "high standards".
> Does anyone have a good enough handle on NCLB to confirm, refute, or expound
> on these statements?  I have a teacher on my list who is trying to write a
> column including the idea that we could scrap WASL and use better means to
> fulfill NCLB.
>
> from the Spokesman-Review:
> "Current state testing forms the baseline by
> which improvement must be measured."
>
> from the teacher:
> "I was under the impression that we were not required by the federal mandate
> to
> continue using the WASL; i.e., other tests could be used to show the required
>
> improvement."
>
>
> Thanks,
> Juanita
>
>
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