Re: Assessment Costs

[Arthur Hu <ArthurH@TANGIS.COM>]

Hi George, I'm up to $7,000 and I'm way ahead of the guys
last time who shelled out $100,000 to get as far as I am
now. Can you send me $250 to help get my campaign going and
can you give me your endorsement? Terry Bergeson even made
a big announcement we figure since I made such a big splash
in Spokane at the Republican convention.


Arthur Hu for spi 2000
12422 107th PL NE
kirkland wa 98034


-----Original Message-----
From: George Cunningham [mailto:gkc@LOUISVILLE.EDU]
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 5:45 PM
To: ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU
Subject: Re: Assessment Costs


George S.,

As I mentioned in a recent post, Lawrence Picus, a school finance
specialist, has worked out a system for determining the total cost of a
state assessment program.  He actually computed the cost for Kentucky and
Vermont.  He may have done other states as well, but I am not aware of those
analyses if they exist.  He works for CRESST out of UCLA..

George K. Cunningham
University of Louisville

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU]On Behalf Of George Sheridan
> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 5:07 PM
> To: ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU
> Subject: Assessment Costs
>
>
> The message Rick Parkany recently posted from the American Evaluation
> Association's EVALTALK list suggests a possible program plank for a
> legislative counter-offensive. (Bonnie, this is another topic
> that could be
> addressed by a resolution at NEA's Representative Assembly.)
>
> The state and public school districts should be required to publish the
> direct and indirect expenses of state- and district-mandated assessment
> programs. The costs should be calculated in dollars and in hours diverted
> from instruction. They should include the instructional time spent on test
> preparation rather than on the adopted curriculum and the salary cost of
> credentialed and classified employees during the time they are
> administering the test and processing test materials.
>
> This accounting is not a goal in itself, but is one tool for building
> public acceptance of the desirability of making more than "midcourse
> corrections" to the testing tyranny that afflicts public schools today.
>
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