tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post1972364421479020508..comments2023-12-29T05:24:43.830-06:00Comments on Kay Brooks: Focus on the messageKay Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073075957511329333noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post-29107894762328867422008-01-18T09:21:00.000-06:002008-01-18T09:21:00.000-06:00They should be consistent. But it may not be purpo...They should be consistent. But it may not be purposeful. Assuming they use Excel it has default settings for those lines. It may be that they just didn't change that. Frankly, I'm thoroughly impressed at their dedication to the effort that pushes them to go through all the minutiae at the DOE site to find this information.<BR/><BR/>Great point: attrition to alternatives. I truly doubt they are exactly the same students. It'd be great if it were but that would be a HUGE task. No, I don't know it to be fact, though.<BR/><BR/>We do know that people see their elementary schools more favorably than their middle and high schools.Kay Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073075957511329333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post-71327259919514375852008-01-17T20:33:00.000-06:002008-01-17T20:33:00.000-06:00The implications of the data are unacceptable. I w...The implications of the data are unacceptable. <BR/><BR/>I will add it's a little deceiving to do the individual graphs differently; that is, the first several side by side graphs have a range of 1-50, then the Science and Social studies graphs are essentially a 10 point range, distorting the differences by, what, 500 percent? The point of graphs is for easy viaual comparison. It seems the difference in the lower graphs (sci and ss) is more stark. Social Studies shows a drop of 4 percentile points, but visually, the 3rd grade graph is three times the size of the 8th grade graph, distorting the drop.<BR/><BR/>The ranges on the graphs should really be consistent.<BR/><BR/>Do we think these are the same students or have some high performers been lost to private, homeschooling, or outlying counties. Not that it excuses it, but does this attrition to alternatives increase with the students' age? Do we know that?Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087082956705159705noreply@blogger.com