tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post4148414320760959674..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: Despite NYSED & Gates-funded efforts, Opt out grows across the state; impossible to claim growth in achievementPatrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-89338637467520281222016-08-02T17:31:37.010-04:002016-08-02T17:31:37.010-04:00So here we go again. Everyone is patting themselve...So here we go again. Everyone is patting themselves on the back because on paper it looks like scores improved from 2015 so therefore they want to draw the conclusion that the NYS Common Core Standards are finally beginning to kick in. Yup it was just a bad roll out and whiney teachers, not the standards all these years. Those in power and with financial interests truly want parents to believe this fallacy. The problem is as I understand it, the NYS tests are not normed (not sure if correct term) for year to year comparisons. It's not that well known or understood how these types of tests are scored, but they are not designed to be compared. Each year’s tests are unique and their passing rates are pre-determined by the test makers with direction from the State. LET ME BE MORE CLEAR, THE PASS RATE IS MANIPULATED BY THE STATE AND TEST MAKERS. They can make the tests harder or easier and/or just adjust the pass rate. That is how the State test scores increased so high until the scam was revealed a few years ago. The test makers kept on adjusting the pass rate down year after year giving the perception of big gains. This scoring scam was even used as a way of scaring parents into believing their children were failing when the very first common-core aligned tests were given. The people who make the tests already know within a very small deviation the breakdown of how students will score before students ever take them.Unitymustgo!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14117390123313141745noreply@blogger.com