Louisiana’s Worthless Accountability Plan for Voucher Schools « Education Talk New Orleans

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Louisiana’s Worthless Accountability Plan for Voucher SchoolsWednesday, Jul 25 2012 

Education Reform and Louisiana's Accountability System and Uncategorized edutalknola7:06 am

Louisiana State Superintendent John White

After all that fanfare about accountability, John White has crafted a completely worthlessaccountability plan for the voucher schools.  It’s  a shame that so many people on the BESE can’t read.  All but 2 Board members voted to support the plan.  Only members Lottie Beebe and Carolyn Hill voted to reject this plan and send White back to the drawing board to correct some of the concerns presented by various members of the public.

Worthless parts of the plan:

• If a school has less than 10 students per grade, the students results will not be reported publicly
• Unless the school has 10 participating  students per grade level taking tests  AND 40 students total voucher students in the school, the test results will not be reported
• Schools will only be required to score above 50 on the Scholarship Cohort