Comments on: Geoffrey Canada: Fixation on Outcomes Leads to Impossible Standards, Threatens Programs http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/11/19/geoffrey-canada-fixation-on-outcomes-leads-to-impossible-standards-threatens-programs/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:59:33 -0600 hourly 1 By: Joyce Saly http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/11/19/geoffrey-canada-fixation-on-outcomes-leads-to-impossible-standards-threatens-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-4999 Joyce Saly Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:16:48 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=1484#comment-4999 Canada is an outspoken supporter of mayoral control of NYC schools and Klein's policies. His statements for this article are basically hypocritical because the Bloomberg/Klein administration is singularly focused on standardized testing, After six years of mayoral control and the Bloomberg/Klein administration’s misinformation to the public, there is sufficient data to prove that their reforms and mayoral control have proved ineffectual and have produced no significant improvement in student achievement. The Bloomberg/Klein administration claims of a 12 percent increase in Reading and a 19 percent increase in Math scores on the New York State Assessments are inflated. These results include the scores obtained in 2002-2003 well before the implementation of Klein’s reforms. Without the 6 percent increase in Reading and the 15 percent in Math in 2002 - 2003, the figures read a dismal 6.4 percent rise in Reading and only 4.2 percent in Mathematics. The only independent check on student achievement in New York City shows a completely different picture from that claimed by Klein. The results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress administered by the US Department of Education, considered the gold standard in testing, show that student achievement in New York City has stagnated since 2003 with virtually no improvements for Black, Hispanic and low income students. http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/dst2007/2008455.pdf Canada is an outspoken supporter of mayoral control of NYC schools and Klein’s policies. His statements for this article are basically hypocritical because the Bloomberg/Klein administration is singularly focused on standardized testing,
After six years of mayoral control and the Bloomberg/Klein administration’s misinformation to the public, there is sufficient data to prove that their reforms and mayoral control have proved ineffectual and have produced no significant improvement in student achievement.

The Bloomberg/Klein administration claims of a 12 percent increase in Reading and a 19 percent increase in Math scores on the New York State Assessments are inflated. These results include the scores obtained in 2002-2003 well before the implementation of Klein’s reforms. Without the 6 percent increase in Reading and the 15 percent in Math in 2002 – 2003, the figures read a dismal 6.4 percent rise in Reading and only 4.2 percent in Mathematics.

The only independent check on student achievement in New York City shows a completely different picture from that claimed by Klein. The results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress administered by the US Department of Education, considered the gold standard in testing, show that student achievement in New York City has stagnated since 2003 with virtually no improvements for Black, Hispanic and low income students. http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/dst2007/2008455.pdf

]]> By: john thompson http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/11/19/geoffrey-canada-fixation-on-outcomes-leads-to-impossible-standards-threatens-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-4886 john thompson Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:44:55 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=1484#comment-4886 Gosh, I wish I had the standing, and/or the guts to speak so honestly. Canada, as usual has cut to the heart of the issue. Gosh, I wish I had the standing, and/or the guts to speak so honestly.

Canada, as usual has cut to the heart of the issue.

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