Less than half of California students read or do math at grade level
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Less than half of California students read or do math at grade level
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Re: Less than half of California students read or do math at grade level
#2According to state testing? I was an A student (as were many of my peers) but you'd best believe we dicked around with anything that we were told wouldn't affect our letter grades (e.g. state testing).
Re: Less than half of California students read or do math at grade level
#3Don't worry, we'll simply reduce the standards.
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#4Wouldn't the grade level be defined by the median student?
Re: Less than half of California students read or do math at grade level
#5Don't worry, we'll simply reduce the standards.
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Re: Less than half of California students read or do math at grade level
#6Don't worry, we'll simply reduce the standards.
Your comment is a bit dismissive, but you’re right. That’s what will happen. Another reply says “ Wouldn't the grade level be defined by the median student?”, which is exactly how you get ever lowering standards. You start with a few good sounding assumptions, and then keep adjusting the level, because the assumptions cannot, no, may not be wrong.
Financial incentives are another good example.
Re: Less than half of California students read or do math at grade level
#7close to thirty percent of Oakland Public Schools students did not graduate High School last I looked.. spectacular levels of genuine confirmed illiteracy, plus dozens of non-English native languages; very high violence rates among and between some groups
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#8Wouldn't the grade level be defined by the median student?
No, it's a standard that is based on what a child should be able to perform at a certain age. Otherwise everyone could get exceptionally dumb and illiterate, which has already happened in CA apparently. As someone who went to CA public school, I can tell you that very little learning is going on (at least where I was).
Re: Less than half of California students read or do math at grade level
#9The site has a cool widget and you can browse through past data. From what I see, the decline isn't too dramatic. I'd expect an even worse drop off due to the pandemic than just a few points.
Re: Less than half of California students read or do math at grade level
#10Wouldn't the grade level be defined by the median student?
I think it is defined by the aspirational median student.