tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post7329368989196843372..comments2024-03-27T08:53:29.267-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Rigorizing Eight Year OldsPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-29512871399981375952014-05-21T21:36:51.452-04:002014-05-21T21:36:51.452-04:00As the parent of a NC 3rd grader, thank you for yo...As the parent of a NC 3rd grader, thank you for your post! Our children have been through so much this year due to this law. I sent a letter to Senator Phil Berger, the so-called "champion" of Read to Achieve. I did not get a response, but I shared it here http://www.ncparentsforlearning.blogspot.com/2014/03/an-open-letter-to-senator-phil-berger_4.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05900722187630462587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-16784814606791146462014-05-20T13:13:33.372-04:002014-05-20T13:13:33.372-04:00This is how Tennessee got to be "the fastest ...This is how Tennessee got to be "the fastest improving state in the Nation" on the NAEP test. The year before the NAEP, a law was passed that retained 3rd graders from advancing to 4th grade if they were not proficient. It made our awful Governor and appointed Commissioner of Education, Kevin Huffman, look like their awful reforms were working. (Yes, Kevin Huffman is the ex-husband of She Who Must Not Be Named.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284675082739236020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-3698242244257835822014-05-20T06:21:45.321-04:002014-05-20T06:21:45.321-04:00Both Florida and NC, which passed this proposal in...Both Florida and NC, which passed this proposal in the last session, are using the same Playbook- -that written by ALEC.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999710085214042978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-16792882694193636902014-05-19T17:50:22.457-04:002014-05-19T17:50:22.457-04:00Thanks Peter (and Russ!). If we truly cared about ...Thanks Peter (and Russ!). If we truly cared about helping children to read, there are dozens of evidenced based reading interventions that we could use that costs less than retention. Even though retention is not a reading intervention, and we know that it can harm children and make it more likely that they drop out of school, she still recommends it. Why? So our NC NAEP scores can be temporally and artificially inflated for 4th grade like FL? Wow. She is correct. I care more about children than state reading scores. Improving reading for individual students can make a difference in their lives. Inflating reading scores on a test for a state at the risk of damaging student's futures- no thanks- that is her job. I should show her this: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/FindWhatWorks.aspx?o=8&n=Literacy&r=1&g=13Jannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07132195897201545933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-12952814335328696892014-05-19T16:14:34.859-04:002014-05-19T16:14:34.859-04:00Thank you for this Peter. I discussed my point of ...Thank you for this Peter. I discussed my point of you on retention in this post about a month ago. http://russonreading.blogspot.com/2014/04/attention-not-retention.html<br /><br />Reformers simply do not dwell in a world that is centered on children or reality. I think they should be retained until they can read some actual literacy research. Perhaps we can find them a holding tank at the Broad Academy.Russ Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01999234982751919638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-29918625698621791432014-05-19T12:41:38.779-04:002014-05-19T12:41:38.779-04:00Do any of these education reformers have children?...Do any of these education reformers have children? I am not trying to be rhetorical, I really wonder, because they sure don't seem to understand what the parent of just two children knows.workingmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623939041270657087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-19195403631086194322014-05-19T12:16:57.916-04:002014-05-19T12:16:57.916-04:00True enough. True enough. Peter Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-38074525268353489332014-05-19T10:27:55.259-04:002014-05-19T10:27:55.259-04:00Thanks for this great piece. One thing I would add...Thanks for this great piece. One thing I would add. She neatly sidesteps the retention problem by falsely claiming that "The biggest complaint against retention is the use of test scores in making decisions." The biggest complaint against retention is that it does more harm than good. Pamela Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08943163941449936300noreply@blogger.com