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csap testing
May 4, 2008 | 9:03 AM
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is it just me, or are csap tests a waste of resources?  in my experience with FOUR kids in aps and then dps, it seems that the only time school administration is really interested, is during csap time.  i grow tired of these tests being so hyped, just to send notice home later that the same % of kids who couldn't read or write last year, still can't this year.  as a parent, i personally view csap as a distraction to what could be as quality as an education as my kids can get. through public schooling.

also i do not support private school vouchers because even if i could get all of my kids in, some of their peers would still have to be educated publically.  and if the education is substandard, all of our children have to be loosed on the world eventually.

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truepatriot
May 6, 2008 | 6:57 AM

Stan, what CSAP testing does is to clearly demonstrate the utter failure of the liberally run public education system. As for vouchers, they would introduce competition, not only between teachers but between the public and private schools. In the DPS, when a teacher fails a student, so what! If the student transfers to another DPS school and fails there, so what! The $$ allocated for that student follows him to the new school but stays with the DPS.

Vouchers would transfer the money allocated for that student to come out of the DPS and follow the student to the private school. Parents would pay the difference. The incentive for the private school to keep that money would be to make sure that student does not fail. Competition! It is a good thing.
MileHighPatriot read my blog view my photos
May 6, 2008 | 10:23 AM

leave it to superintendants and bureaucrats to make decisions at the microlevel. teachers on the ground are the ones who should be listened to... they know.
stanleyg read my blog
May 7, 2008 | 6:53 PM

i agree, milehigh. one problem the teachers have in secondary schools, however, are being bogged down policing the students, rather than educating. i knew this to be a fact when my teen was placed on "in house suspension" for THREE DAYS, for his cell phone being used by another student. this is three days away from his education for a relavively marginal offense
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