A new report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) involving the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) titled “Mapping 2005 State Proficiency Standards Onto the NAEP Scales” is creating a stir across the nation as it exposes the considerable score inflation in state tests used for No Child Left Behind. This NCES report presents a sort of grading scale for state standards where the higher numbers indicate more stringent standards and lower numbers indicate standards are more watered down.
The report also compares the state standards to the standards used to grade the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
There is both good and bad news for Kentucky....
...One example of how the federal report got misinterpreted is in the Georgetown News-Graphic for Jun 11 titled “Kentucky students score well nationally.”
I contacted the reporter who was very receptive to my comments and promised to do a correction article. That is exactly the responsible attitude we like to see, as even the Bluegrass Institute staff sometimes makes an error or gets better information that requires a change in position on an issue. I look forward to reading that updated article in the News-Graphic.
And, for our other readers, please remember we are always happy to help if you have a question about education. Sometimes the jargon and the reporting is confusing (if not downright intentionally misleading), and we want to insure the commonwealth and its citizens have the most accurate information possible so they can make informed decisions.
Full story here: http://www.bipps.org/blog/archives/2007/06/confusion_about.html
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