Can You Speak Educease?

The following quotes are taken from a Rutland Herald story that ran under the headline:

Testing shows fewer schools met standards

"We increased the bar, as we have to under the law. In doing that, we expected more schools to not make it," said Richard Cate, the state's commissioner of education. "This set of data is one good set of measures, but it's not the only one."

"You look at growth scores and you look at improvements — we're making gains," said Paul Moccia, director of curriculum and instruction assessment for Barre Supervisory Union. "You could make it or not make it, but 30 points is a pretty significant jump … The gain is not as great as the jump."

"This is the first time for any of our schools," said Carole Freeman, director of curriculum of Washington Central Supervisory Union, in reference to U-32 being one of the 79 schools. "It's for math for students on free and reduced lunch. It's not as if it's for the whole high school … There must be a lot of schools that didn't make it for math. When you look at our percentages, we are above the state for that group of children."

"We were really close in terms of our scores being just below, or within, the margin of error," said Karen White, superintendent for Rutland Central Supervisory Union. "We're concerned about it … I think we need to do better. Where we need to do better is in our vertical alignment of our curriculum. There really needs to be that connection from grade to grade."                    

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[Jack Harding]

No, I can't speak Educease but I know another form of "output" when I hear it.

The good news is that, with this leadership, our kids will be well equipped to work in the public sector; get paid from the overtaxed proceeds of other hardworking families and then spend a lifetime ensuring that you can neither be measured nor understood when challenged about your performance.

I can see it now....The Vermont "Please Close Cover Before Striking" School for State Education Professionals for the Perpetuation of Ambiguous Interpretations of Damaging Facts and the Preservation of the Myth Regarding a Career in Serving the Public Without Acountability...