tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post7158229661534895023..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Common Core; Who Knew?Melissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-79799167146751768432014-06-20T07:12:08.711-07:002014-06-20T07:12:08.711-07:00Melissa, based on 2010 census data, the facts are ...Melissa, based on 2010 census data, the facts are that 78% of the population of the state lives wast of the cascades. Population of the state at that time was 6,724,540. 78% or 5,229,486 lived in Western Washington, 1,495,054 lived in Eastern Washington. 29% of the state's population(1,931,249)lived in King County, and 49% of the rest of the state's population (3,298,237) lived in the rest of Western Washington. 81.6% of the state report themselves as white. So their numbers are spot on. I would say, that most of their questions regarding Common Core would be what I refer to as "push poll" style questions such as "Common learning standards in English and math across the nation will better prepare students for college, life, and work."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542105149501352547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-30602835455003057472014-06-20T06:53:45.677-07:002014-06-20T06:53:45.677-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542105149501352547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-34167950696630276402014-06-19T19:06:14.065-07:002014-06-19T19:06:14.065-07:00There are 7 million people in the state. Per Cens...There are 7 million people in the state. Per Census data, there are 2 million in King County and about 3 million in the rest of Western Washington, if I added right.<br /><br />So, King county would be almost exactly proportionally represented in the poll at 29%. By my mental math, Eastern Washington as a whole is just a little less populous than King county, and so might be under-polled by about 5%, if I'm calculating right, but I didn't add up all those little counties, so I'm not super-confident I didn't get that a bit wrong.<br /><br />The difference between 59% and 70% is not THAT big, so if the first poll had perfect representation by county, I could see much of that difference being from county skew. Exact wording of the question would also be a factor.<br /><br />Regardless, "high standards" sounds like something that would get support by low-info respondents, so what to make of that I don't know. I'd guess that the quarter to scant third opposed are real solid opinions, and the rest could be anything from supporters to "yeah, that sounds good, I guess."Scrawny Kayakernoreply@blogger.com