I thought Group 1 presented very well. I thought it was interesting that after over 30 years of testing, the results for reading are still relatively the same - white students perform better than most minority groups;, girls perform better than boys. My group found the same results in our findings. I feel that education is in crisis - 30 years ago, most students did not have IEP's, therefore, there score was included in the general population. Today, IEP scores can be viewed as a separate category, yet the scores aren't much different! What are we doing wrong - or - are we doing anything wrong? Is this just the "nature of the beast" - some students excel in academics (and/or testing) and some have a limited ability!
Group 2 had a very good presentation. You could obviously see that they had previous powerpoint experience. The background and sounds were appropriate for the content. It was interesting that the local school districts had similar results. Whether IEP's affect a school's AYP, I think, is debatable. My question is what happens in a few years when all students are supposed to be 100% proficient? How do students with IEP's meet this goal? Whether a student has an IEP or not, I don't think most schools would be capable of achieving this.
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Not being an educator may skew my view from others watching the presentations, however I will speak from personal experience, having been a troubled student myself.The families economics unfortunately may play a large roll in learning.
This would explain why whites continually score higher than minorities. With greater pay comes greater opportunities, some which may include access to computers, televison, trips to broaden experience, etc. Drug and alcohol problems continue to create havoc among students. If the parents are using, little attention is paid to the student. Continuous employment is difficult with addiction difficulties. My guess is that these problems were the same in the 1950's , just the sam as they are today. The increased number of students identified as learning disabled may very well be more a societal problem, with parents and students not willing to take responsibility for their lack of effort in a learning environment.
Unfortunately, a litigious society
seems always on the lookout for ways to not take responsibility for ones actions.
In addition, wheather a parent is home to work individually with the students
Commenting on your Group 2 questions:
My question is what happens in a few years when all students are supposed to be 100% proficient?
I will try to answer this question. While the expectation is that 100% proficiency will be reached, we all realize that this is impossible The GOAL of the program is for this to happen. Is it realistic? Further evaluations and changes will have to take place to continue to reach the goal of 100% proficiency.Unfortunately politics will probably always play a role in public education. Each of us can only attempt to do the very best we can on a day by day basis.
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