School Grading System for 2012-13; "Quite A Mess"
Independent education researcher, Herb Bassett has produced his annual report on the Louisiana SPS and school grading system and has characterized this year's school grading system by the LDOE as "Quite a mess".
Mr Bassett has sent his analysis of this past year's school grading system to all members of the House and Senate Education Committees and to BESE members. Let's hope they will actually read the report and consider appropriate legislative action to correct the flaws in the system.
You may access each of the documents in the report by clickinghere for Bassett's primary report and here for additional resources and examples..
Mr Bassett's report shows how the use of the new bonus point system by our Louisiana Department of Education has produced several glaring injustices in the resulting grades for schools across the state.
Mr Bassett has sent his analysis of this past year's school grading system to all members of the House and Senate Education Committees and to BESE members. Let's hope they will actually read the report and consider appropriate legislative action to correct the flaws in the system.
You may access each of the documents in the report by clickinghere for Bassett's primary report and here for additional resources and examples..
Mr Bassett's report shows how the use of the new bonus point system by our Louisiana Department of Education has produced several glaring injustices in the resulting grades for schools across the state.
The following is the cover letter for the SPS Report by Mr Bassett:
To: Members of the House Education Committee,Members of the Senate Education Committee,
BESE Members,
I present the attached report on the 2013 School Performance Scores issued by LDOE. To put it bluntly, they are quite a mess. In its attempt to redefine excellence, LDOE created a system that