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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: a question about curves
In a message dated 5/21/2006 10:07:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, campbellp@mail.montclair.edu writes: ...So which is it? Tests that produce "a normal curve" with "well-designed" questions OR all children can reach grade level by 2014? It can't be both. It simply is not possible.... ___________________________________________ If you would leave your incredibly schematized world for the real world, you would waste less time formulating false dichotomies and asking questions of the form, "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" The goal of NCLB is not that all children will achieve at "grade level," it is that all children will achieve high levels of proficiency. NCLB requires states to improve their schools until that happens. There is no need under NCLB to create tests that produce "normal distributions." Art
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