Comments on: F is a Georgia pass http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/f-is-a-georgia-pass/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jay P. Greene http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/f-is-a-georgia-pass/#comment-37560 Jay P. Greene Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:40:37 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/07/03/f-is-a-georgia-pass/#comment-37560 I'm disturbed by how public school officials feel free to flout the law. Even if you think this policy is misguided, there is no chance for education reform if educators have remarkable latitude to decide which policies they will follow and which they will not. I have a post on this issue here: http://jaypgreene.com/2008/06/30/anti-social-promotion/ I’m disturbed by how public school officials feel free to flout the law. Even if you think this policy is misguided, there is no chance for education reform if educators have remarkable latitude to decide which policies they will follow and which they will not.

I have a post on this issue here: http://jaypgreene.com/2008/06/30/anti-social-promotion/

]]> By: Math Resources Blog » F is a Georgia pass http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/f-is-a-georgia-pass/#comment-37559 Math Resources Blog » F is a Georgia pass Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:04:54 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/07/03/f-is-a-georgia-pass/#comment-37559 By: Tom http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/f-is-a-georgia-pass/#comment-37558 Tom Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:03:13 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/07/03/f-is-a-georgia-pass/#comment-37558 I'm distressed by the message school districts are sending by passing nearly every student who failed these tests. Most of us are aware there is a nontrivial subset of students who do not take standardized tests seriously. This mentality has been allowed to fester as most "high-stakes" testing exclusively affected the school and not the students. By finally having a set of statewide criterion-referenced tests that students were responsible for passing, this set of apathetic students needed to put forth effort for their own self-interest (in not attending summer school). Yet, ignoring the results tells these students once again that "bad tests hurt the schools but not you" once again. If you make a genuine attempt to set relevant and appropriate standards, at some point you have to enforce the results of testing those standards. I’m distressed by the message school districts are sending by passing nearly every student who failed these tests.

Most of us are aware there is a nontrivial subset of students who do not take standardized tests seriously. This mentality has been allowed to fester as most “high-stakes” testing exclusively affected the school and not the students. By finally having a set of statewide criterion-referenced tests that students were responsible for passing, this set of apathetic students needed to put forth effort for their own self-interest (in not attending summer school). Yet, ignoring the results tells these students once again that “bad tests hurt the schools but not you” once again.

If you make a genuine attempt to set relevant and appropriate standards, at some point you have to enforce the results of testing those standards.

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