2013 Louisiana School Letter Grades: Recovery School District Gains Nothing
Today John White released the long-awaited, capriciously calculated 2013 Louisiana school performance scores (SPS) and letter grades. In this “official” LDOE graphic, he attempts to sell the public on the “new,” “simpler” SPS/ letter grade formula and “easy to understand scale”, all the while maintaining that this latest attempt to label Louisiana education is “aligned with higher […]
10-24-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: My Best Year as a TeacherI began teaching in my first, full-time classroom in 2006, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was right in the thick of various No Child Left Behind changes and shifts, and it was about the time that data became paramount and a new program was being handed down every other week. Or so it seemed. I […]6 by Kris Nielsen / 5h10-23-13 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHA