So, how are the schools doing this round?
The Laconia Citizen (pg 1, 6-8) reported on results of the No Child Left Behind for schools here in the Lakes Region:
Gilford School District: No schools in the “need of improvement” category but students at the elementary, middle and high schools levels failed to achieve AYP in math this year. The middle school was also cited for failing to reach reading goals.
A trifecta!
I saw an analogy the other day - it goes something like this:
In order to pass a swimming test, the kids had to swim the length of the pool. Whose fault would it be if half the kids drowned in the attempt - the kids, or the teacher?
Again, I know kids can skew the results - but all the time? And across the whole span of grades? At what time do we stop blaming the kids?
