Re: State Board Votes Down Exit Exam Options

[Kelley <dancinglight@bendbroadband.com>]

donna gastin wrote:

> */Scott Hays <shays@ccwebster.net>/* wrote:
>
>     But the Exit Exam was not the point of the message to which you
>     responded. The question was what happened to the CLAS test (which
>     would probably be a much more reliable assessment of student academic
>     success). However, in relation to that Exit Exam that the
>     notoriously non-progressive State Board of Education continues to
>     support, let me just say that Californians have been graduating from
>     high school for a very long time without benefit of a high school
>     exit exam to "test" their worthiness. If, as some claim, they are
>     "unprepared" for adult life by the coursework they have completed ...
>     well, life itself has (and will continue to) help them sort that
>     out. The "Exit Exam" is a red herring, used only to hit certain
>     populations of students over the head. The Standards Tests are
>     another matter ... but I have exhausted my energy (not to mention
>     space), so will leave that discussion for a later time.
>
>
> Now, I am going to ask you, which populations are being affected? Is 
> it  the minorities, The spanish speaking immagrants both legal and 
> illegal?  This also pertains to those who are born in the US. How 
> about  the disabled and poor?  All  Ican tell you is  as a fan of 
> these tests, be careful how you tread on that line. Just be very careful.
>
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What exactly are you asking?  Which populations are affected by the exit 
exam?  Which were affected by CLAS?   I'm unsure of what you are saying 
here.   I'm also unsure what line you are drawing, that someone might be 
stepping on.    I'm not sure if you are saying you are a fan of the 
defunct CLAS, the current state exit exam, or ?  I'm also not sure why 
I'm supposed to be "careful," or what "careful" means, although you've 
couched it as an amiguous threat.  Just what are you asking me to "be 
careful" of, and why? 

Kelley