Comments on: How Decatur Students Ranked Statewide on 2010 CRCT Tests

By: Another Rick

Another Rick — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:25:27 +0000

Yet another another reason I love Sonny and his repug friends. . He made us the “best managed state” in the nation. That was his stated goal!

By: karass

karass — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:09:52 +0000

Don’t understand this. Don’t you just subtract the percent of “met expectations” (passed) from 100% to get the percent who did not meet expectations, i.e. failed?

By: Clay Boggess

Clay Boggess — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:59:35 +0000

This data does not include failures so the numbers are somewhat skewed.

By: karass

karass — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:31:38 +0000

The teachers read the test aloud in 1st and 2nd grade; third grade is the first time that the questions are not read aloud. That’s probably why there is often a dip in scores in 3rd grade–the kids with dyslexia, or other learning disabilities that affect reading, or who just happen to be in that group of children who learn to read later than others with no adverse consequence, can’t depend on their auditory learning and test taking skills. So even if they are math geniuses, if they can’t read the problem well, they won’t test well.

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:47:01 +0000

On adding back the CRCT for 1st and 2nd grade – Sonny should have to administer it then. It is torture for all involved. Teachers have to read the tests aloud (not sure about 2nd). It starts students off in their academic careers with a dread of testing. The teachers are becoming extremely familiar with what’s on the tests so what little validity the tests had is really destroyed.