Dr.,Rich,McGrath,Blogs,about,N education Dr. Rich McGrath Blogs about New NCLB and Data Integrity
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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-qformat:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin-top:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Dr. Rich McGrath (www.drrichmcgrath.com) is an expert inall phases of education, particularly versed in school-wide reform of innercity schools; with experience leading a school of students with over 90%poverty and over 60% English Language Learners.Dr. McGrath suggested in a recentblog that No Child Left Behind means that data integrity is urgently requiredbecause achievement gaps impact children of poverty. Many congressional representatives signed offwith a wink that all our children would be reading and computing math at gradelevel by 2014. This lofty and admirable goalis neither realistic nor will it come to pass.Children with learning disabilitiesand those learning a second language continue to struggle. Children caught inthe cycle of poverty continue to struggle. These achievement gaps continue andsadly, will for some time. Eachindividual state determined goals of proficiency or Adequate Yearly Progress(AYP). Now ten years later, nearly half of the states have not met AYP goalsand the failure rate grows annually.While 20% of Massachusettsschools have met the federally requirements of NCLB, a whopping 78% ofLouisianas schools have also met these requirements. These data might allow one to erroneouslyconclude that Louisianas schools are demonstrably better than Massachusettsschools.McGrath insists, Thisdiscrepancy is merely manipulation and a direct result of individual statesdetermining and defining unique levels of student proficiency. Incomparabledata leads to inaccurate conclusions comparing apples to oranges never works.Arne Duncan, with the blessing ofthe Obama administration, decided to bail out the individual states from NCLBand so far eleven states already had waivers approved and many more on theirway. Most states will have requests forwaivers from NCLB approved by September 2012. NCLB, as currently constructed,will be left impotent.Emphasis will continue to beplaced on standardized assessments, but states will be measured on a growthmodel versus a proficiency model. Schools are accountable for demonstratingstudent growth no matter how low or high current performance data reflects. Test results will determine whether teachersare successful. Some states already basea part of teacher salary and/or job performance on student test performance;these trends will continue, as detailed by the National Council on TeacherQuality. With statistically sound dataassessment, all engaged in the education field must constantly and consistentlyoperating in the lean world where Kaizen Education Models force parents,students, teachers, principals, communities, and technology breakthroughs, tochallenge the status quo. Every day wefind better ways to help all children from falling behind. These ever greater demands for knowledge andthe capacity to learn, read, compute, and communicate with dynamic proficiencyand effectiveness will create a greater gap among the children who most needdynamic (and methodologically sound) education solutions.Follow Dr. Rich McGrath onTwitter @drrichmcgrath. Insights, news,and best-practices can be followed daily.
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