My new email today: I want to share facts, not rhetoric, facts, about the bill from my perspective as a reading specialist with 20+ years of experience with remedial reading at the elementary and high school levels. 2625 is a needed course-correction for RSA. The test on which it all stands is deeply flawed: 1. It is not a test of reading comprehension alone...it also tests poetic elements, figurative language, vocabulary, and research tools (like almanacs and phone books). 2. It cannot give reading grade levels. It is a criterion-referenced test, not a norm-referenced test. There is no way to say, as Ive heard many politicians say, that a child who scores Unsat on the test reads at the first grade level. Might be he doesnt know what an almanac and phone book are for. 3. The cut score for Proficient is a moving target, often changed by politicians, even after the test is given. This flawed test is the foundation of RSA, and we must find ways to bring more flexibility into the process of retaining or promoting our children. That is all 2625 does: it allows flexibility, on a case-by-case basis, to look at all the data about a child, including this flawed assessment, and make the best decision for each child. Why in the world would the same Legislators and Governor who supported vouchers, school choice, and Parents Bill of Rights, now balk at providing deeply committed public school parents the right to participate in decisions about their own children? I listened to the debate and vote in the House about Rep. Nelsons voucher expansion, and he said, quite eloquently, Lets trust parents. So, I challenge you today, vote to override the Governors veto... Lets trust parents.
Posted on: Wed, 21 May 2014 12:57:44 +0000
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