PROGRESS? IT DEPENDS HOW YOU MEASURE IT!By Guy Brandenburg, retired DCPS math teacherQuestion: Can the statisticians in the group check the following claim, made in the intro to the PBS segment on DCPS progress under chancellor Rhee? “…almost half of elementary students are now on grade level, according to the city’s year-end DC-CAS test. That may not sound like much,
WAMU - NPR Investigation Uncovers Cooked Data In Ballou High Graduation Rates
Ballou teacher Monica Brokenborough In November 2017 an investigative reporter at the NPR affiliate WAMU, Kate McGee, started listening to teachers. What she discovered (here) was systematic granting of credit to students who didn't show up much, and graduating students who didn't meet the requirements for graduation at Ballou High School. But the reported scandal soon led to the realization
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