By Thomas Ultican 5/13/2021
At 1:45 PM this Wednesday, the California State Board of Education (SBE) adopted a “student growth model” to evaluate student learning. It is a method fans of standardized test based accountability have been trumpeting. The big winner here is the testing giant Education Testing Services (ETS) who created the model to be used.
Board member Sue Burr who was appointed to the board by then Governor Jerry Brown made the motion for using the growth model. She carefully presented her motion directly from the state’s California Department of Education (CDE) staff report which recommended:
“The student growth model methodology, which includes using RG [residual growth] scores and the EBLP [Empirical Best Linear Prediction] hybrid approach to report aggregated student growth, and that the following score reporting be adopted:
“1. Report the EBLP weighted average for:
- Schools
- Student groups in a school
- The “All” student group in an County or District
- Student groups in a district with 500 or fewer students (with test scores)
“2. At the Local Education Agency level, report the simple average for all race/ethnicity and program participation student groups with more than 500 scores.”
Board member Patricia Ann Rucker seconded the motion. She is a legislative CONTINUE READING: Testing Industry Scores Big in California | tultican