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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: WASL Fact/Thought of the Day
The student-run cafeteria at a business school at a certain midwestern university noted for Nobel-Prize winning free-market economists was called: TAANSTAFL (There ain't any such thing as a free lunch). That was off your point, Victor, but somehow it came to mind. Art --------------------------------- >>> Victor.Steinbok@VERIZON.NET 09/20 2:57 PM >>> Art, Gerry et al. Isn't this a conclusive proof that we should not provide subsidized lunches to students? Subsidized lunch is the root of all evil (in school academics)! VS-)) At 2:45 PM -0700 9/20/01, Art Burke wrote: >Data from the web site of the Office of the Superintendent of Public >Instruction. 30 districts enroll 10,000 or more kids. Calculations >from me. Art > >>>> gbracey@EROLS.COM 09/20 1:49 PM >>> >Where did these correlations come from? The correlation for 2000 is about >the same as in other states. Usually, though, the correlation decreases >with time. > >How many districts are there in WA with more than 10,000 kids? > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Art Burke" <aburke@VANSD.ORG> >To: <ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU> >Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 5:26 PM >Subject: WASL Fact/Thought of the Day > > >WASL Fact-of-the-Day > >Correlation between percent of children eligible for subsidized lunch and >percent of children meeting the grade 4 standard in reading for Washington >districts enrolling 10, 000 students and up: > >2000: -0.79 >2001: -0.81 > >WASL Thought-of-the-Day > >If this trend continues, in ten years the correlation between district >poverty level and reading achievement will be unity and we will be able to >dispense with one or the other measures. Now, which one should we dispense >with? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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