Wow, this bloggin' stuff can be addicting......Great news from Sacramento! Second graders don't take the CST any more. That's the test our students take to measure their learning growth. I hope CTA is happy. They led the effort to spare those little 8 year-olds the trauma of testing. (I have a bunch of third graders that enjoyed ice skating, water park and baseball game trips, regular monthly prizes and special status 'cause they succeeded on the CST as second graders. Good thing we're going to save next year's class from that terror.
Second grade proficiency scores tend to be higher than other grades. There will be schools go into PI (program improvement) status 'cause they won't get that percentage bump from those second graders.
Next year the proficiency target jumps to 37%, about a 12% jump. Some of my calculations show a drop of about 4% in the average school's proficiency level. Nice job and impeccable timing, CTA!
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