tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post2841539925552473722..comments2024-03-19T07:30:55.288-04:00Comments on Curmudgeon: Raising standards will do what, again?Curmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04323026187622872114noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-29172500900533613592012-08-17T13:11:01.189-04:002012-08-17T13:11:01.189-04:00I got smacked in the face for making this same arg...I got smacked in the face for making this same argument in my district... (I'd tell you which one, but I am no fool, and very, very close to where you write from).<br />freeski05759@comcast.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-8869578812731264192012-02-13T19:11:33.233-05:002012-02-13T19:11:33.233-05:00You are absolutely right, and I should have caught...You are absolutely right, and I should have caught that. What I misremembered was a three-year total of 600 out of 20,000 reaching the level 4 mark.<br /><br />Somehow that became 800. I'm more frazzled than I thought.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323026187622872114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-73146049234959933062012-02-13T13:29:31.629-05:002012-02-13T13:29:31.629-05:003% of 6000 kids is 180, not 800 :)3% of 6000 kids is 180, not 800 :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-28716551698081564162012-02-12T20:52:29.772-05:002012-02-12T20:52:29.772-05:00Hmm ... Raising the cutoff might demonstrate a &qu...Hmm ... Raising the cutoff might demonstrate a "crisis" in education. Now since this crisis is not isolated to one state, the solution must be federal...PeggyUnoreply@blogger.com