WASL/School Standards

[GenHillOne]

Ah shucks, thanks for making my day JT! Nicest thing anyone’s said to me in a long time. I definitely have my share of “days,” but I try – a work in progress as they say. Ommmm…. ;)

[TheHouse]

A note to Caduceus:

If you are the age that you claim to be, I am rather impressed by your original comment and some of your subsequent comments. You are an intelligent young person and I know that you’re not deterred by many of the people that have posted above calling you trolls, naive, etc. You are none of these.

You have something that many of these people believe that they have, but do not. Standards. It’s nice to see a young adult with the intelligence to understand that setting the bar high will make the “greater whole” better, rather than pandering to the lowest common denominator.

Once again, I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you to ignore many of the comments listed above. You live in an area where the majority of people think that you’re wrong. That doesn’t mean at all that you truly are.

PS…If they didn’t teach you in school what bleeding heart liberals are, you got a college education on them in the comments above.

[Anonymous]

Hey…I’m a bleeding heart liberal and I was nice. Take that back!

[JanS]

House..as opposed to cold, calculating conservative? ;-) I just love alliteration…lol…

[gambaru]

NCES Releases Condition of Education 2008 Report

Last Thursday, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) held a briefing on the release of “The Condition of Education 2008.” The congressionally mandated annual report showcases findings on a number of trends, including school enrollments, student performance on national and international assessments, public school expenditures, and the educational attainment of young adults.

Mark Schneider, Commissioner of NCES, presented the report findings. Introducing the report as a “big picture” view of U.S. education data, Schneider said this year’s notable findings include an improvement in math and reading scores, an increase in college enrollment, and persistent challenges that remain for minority populations. Public school enrollment continues to grow (expected to approach 50 million this year) and set new records, while private school enrollment has declined since 2001. Hispanic students now represent 20 percent of public school enrollment and the percentage of children who speak a language other than English at home has doubled (to 20 percent). Average test scores in 2007 for 9- and 13-year-olds in reading and mathematics show an upward trend. Notably, 4th graders in the United States are outperforming their international peers, on average, in terms of literacy. For the 2004–05 school year, the estimated on time graduation rate in the United States was 75 percent. The rate of students enrolling in college immediately after high school was 67 percent in 1997 (up from 49 percent in 1972), but has since fluctuated between 62 and 69 percent.

[Caduceus]

Gam that is amazing news!

And also debunks everyone saying ESL students have special needs, as well as my assumption that they have a slower learning capacity in English speaking schools due to their proposed un-familiarity with the English language. :]

And The House all I have to say is <3

Glad to see the younger kids are doing better than us teens/young adults ever did. Especially in Mathematics.

Ah, there is hope yet!

[seattlesue]

Whoo, at least some things are looking up. :)

[alkiviking]

Insightful info Gambaru, thanks for sharing.

[seattlesue]

BTW no one was saying ESL are special needs…please read closely.

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