tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post8595208582825521207..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: School ReportsMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-80920707630062266052016-03-03T15:54:59.656-08:002016-03-03T15:54:59.656-08:00I read this article and its tell me how to publish...I read this article and its tell me how to publish kids final exam report and how give us award to first grade student and how to meet with kids parents and discuss about his kid thanks for share it <a href="www.writemyessay.biz/essay-on-obesity/" rel="nofollow">obesity essay introduction</a> .Allen jeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312119051975318074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-26991264961932785732012-11-02T21:42:42.853-07:002012-11-02T21:42:42.853-07:00My mistake about Saxon .. and AKI ...
The unverif...My mistake about Saxon .. and AKI ...<br /><br />The unverified Saxon Report was about Mercer Middle School....<br /><br />here are Mercer results for level 1.<br /><br />Well below standard at Mercer in 2012<br />6th grade 10.4%<br />7th grade 8.4%<br />8th grade 13.6%<br /><br />AND for District<br />6th grade 14.9%<br />7th grade 18.9%<br />8th grade 20.4%<br /><br />AND for the State<br />6th grade 18.8%<br />7th grade 21.0%<br />8th grade 23.8%<br />=====<br />In 2012 when <br /><b>Seattle had 47.3% of 9th grade Algebra students at Level 1 Well Below Standard</b><br /> the <b>State had only 21.5% </b> <br /><br />-- GET a clue : Seattle High Schools need a math class below Algebra I for many incoming 9th graders because neither 100% nor 90% are ready for high school math.dan dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-8492926087373740262012-11-02T21:26:12.077-07:002012-11-02T21:26:12.077-07:00Charlie raised the question as to how 90% of the s...Charlie raised the question as to how 90% of the students at Aki Kurose can be ready for high school math .... when far more than 10% perform poorly of 8th grade MSP math ... <br /><br />Of interest at Aki is the report (unverified) that Saxon Math gets the most use in grade 6 and less in grade 7 and even less in grade 8.<br /><br />Here are the percent of students scoring at level 1 (well below standard at Aki) in 2012<br />6th grade 24.7%<br />7th grade 38.5%<br />8th grade 51.6% ... It looks like at least 50% are definitely not ready for high school math.<br />=====================<br /><br />Analysis of the High School math results:<br /><br />At Chief Sealth for example and the District:<br />the report is ...<br /><br />9th and 10th graders proficient on the state math tests (first time test takers)<br />Chief Sealth then -:- District pass rate<br />2011 - 50% -:- 59%<br />2012 - 55% -:- 65%<br />change +5% -:- +6%<br /><br />It must be noted that while +5 and +6 look good ... the state supposedly lowered the cut score for proficient on the Algebra EoC in 2012 (effectively making it easier to be proficient .. but who really knows.)<br /><br />Here are the actual results from EoC Algebra and EoC Geometry for first time test takers<br /><br />ALGEBRA - Chief S - Seattle - State<br />9th 2011 :: 33.5% :: 48.8% :: 53.7%<br />10th 2011 :: 24.0% :: 28.6% :: 32.1%<br /><br />9th 2012 :: 49.5% :: 59.8% :: 55.9%<br />10th 2012 :: 25.0% :: 29.9% :: 28.5%<br /><br />change<br />9th :: +16.0 :: +11.0% :: +2.2%<br />10th ::.. +1% :: +1.3% ..:: -3.6%<br />Seattle Definitely out performs state on changes from 2011 to 2012<br /><br />Geometry - Chief S - Seattle - State<br />9th 2011 :: 82.1% :: 84.5% :: 91.0%<br />10th 2011 :: 49.6% :: 61.6% :: 67.5%<br /><br />9th 2012 :: 87.5% :: 90.9% :: 91.3%<br />10th 2012 :: 42.4% :: 59.2% :: 59.4%<br /><br />change<br />9th .........:: +5.4% :: +6.4% :: +0.3%<br />10th .......:: -7.2% :: -2.4% :: -8.1%<br /><br />Seattle looks to have done better than state change in every segment above.<br /><br />Also of interest is the situation with <b>percent of students scoring at level 1 Well below standard.</b><br /><br />ALGEBRA - Chief S - Seattle - State<br />9th 2011 :: 39.0% :: 29.8% :: 23.2%<br />10th 2011 :: 51.7% :: 47.1% :: 39.6%<br /><br />9th 2012 :: 27.3% :: 21.2% :: 21.5%<br />10th 2012 :: 18.2% :: 45.6% :: 41.5%<br /><br />change<br />9th :: -11.7% :: -8.6% :: -1.7% <br />10th :: -33.5% :: -1.5% :: +1.9%<br /><br />Geometry - Chief S - Seattle - State<br />9th 2011 :: 4.5% :: 5.5% :: 2.3%<br />10th 2011 :: 18.3% :: 12.6% :: 9.3%<br /><br />9th 2012 :: 4.5% :: 3.2% :: 2.3%<br />10th 2012 :: 27.5% :: 15.1% :: 15.0%<br /><br />change<br />9th ......... :: 0.0% :: -2.3% :: 0.0%<br />10th ....... :: +9.2% :: +2.5% :: +5.7%<br /><br />HELP -- what is up with in 2012 47.3% of 9th grade Algebra students scoring at level 1 .... guess these kids were NOT ready for high school math. So why were they scheduled into Algebra?dan dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-84643104312025310982012-11-02T16:27:15.553-07:002012-11-02T16:27:15.553-07:00Josh,
Too bad we can't have more "cluste...Josh,<br /><br />Too bad we can't have more "clusterfunds" go toward our public schools... : )<br /><br />WV: 731 hodshotmirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-63593449305157417842012-11-02T14:50:09.505-07:002012-11-02T14:50:09.505-07:00As a Bryant Elementary parent I was not surprised ...As a Bryant Elementary parent I was not surprised to see a low-ish 63% rating on Staff Perceptions on School Leadership. <br /><br />I was curious about the 85% for "4th graders proficient on the state math test" compared to the average of 3rd/4th/5th graders of 89%. Seems like we start high (low to mid 90s?) and by 4th grade not doing as well. This is a sad sad statement given what the principal has to work with -- if anyone is set up for success with kids who are motivated and ready to learn, it's a Bryant Principal. Likewise the progress in math (compared to average) is dropping from 4th to 5th grade. When I interpret that data and combine it with what I observe, it seems to me that new leadership is in order. Teachers there are (for the most part) fantastic, but not exactly allowed to flourish and do their best work. Would love to hear others opinions. Bryant parentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-8111760725465931682012-11-02T13:56:07.322-07:002012-11-02T13:56:07.322-07:00@Aware: I think the term you're looking for is...@Aware: I think the term you're looking for is "clusterfund".<br /><br />/humorJosh Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242600011474990770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-68472769562015333762012-11-02T11:10:43.084-07:002012-11-02T11:10:43.084-07:00These "school report cards" smell a lot ...These "school report cards" smell a lot like former SPS data guy, "Broad Resident" Brad Bernatek's "17 percent graduation rate" fabrication. (See: <a href="http://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/seattle-schools-data-guy-brad-bernatek-has-resigned-a-casualty-of-17-percent-gate/" rel="nofollow">Seattle Schools data guy has resigned – a casualty of 17 Percent-Gate?</a> Btw, the true graduation rate turned out to be even higher still -- closer to 65 percent. Not great, but a far cry from 17 percent.)<br /><br />The timing is convenient for the charter-pushers and all those who want to dump public education entirely for a franchise (KIPP, Inc., Green Dot Inc.,) business model approach to teaching kids. (Anyone notice that the word "portfolio" slipped into Initiative 1240 in reference to multiple charter schools under the control of one authorizer?)<br /><br />But schools are not businesses; they are communities, they are a public service and a public trust. Whereas, the corporate model, with its profit uber alles mindset, is what has driven our national economy into the sinkhole of the Great Recession.suep.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17281578510716234624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-46189675823637801102012-11-02T10:45:28.258-07:002012-11-02T10:45:28.258-07:00@ Melissa and Charlie: Keep Burgess out of the may...@ Melissa and Charlie: Keep Burgess out of the mayor's office and that will help break up the downtown clique. <br /><br />Start now. Cocktail hours are already taking place with regularity. Holly Miller. Chris Korsmo. The politically grasping Dean of Ed at UW - Stritikus. Sarah Morris. It's one big fundraising cluster. You might lose charters but you might win by keeping Burgess - who loves charters just like Morris and Korsmo and Stritikus - from office. You've got a year. <br /><br />Aware in the 46th Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-33941154219288114462012-11-02T10:05:22.993-07:002012-11-02T10:05:22.993-07:00Is there any website where we could see the result...Is there any website where we could see the results of the principal surveys for different schools?<br />LLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-45181587773411115522012-11-02T09:11:55.915-07:002012-11-02T09:11:55.915-07:00We'll have to write a thread on all this cozin...We'll have to write a thread on all this coziness. It was QUITE apparent at yesterday's event and very troubling. <br /><br />As parents, we are going to lose control of our schools and our district to a very small group of people if we don't watch out (and we will not have the support of teachers or the PTA to help us). <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485101844712536985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-17469921724425451612012-11-02T07:17:23.753-07:002012-11-02T07:17:23.753-07:00Look on page 38 of the Chatty Korsmo document. See...Look on page 38 of the Chatty Korsmo document. See the guy named Charles Wright who is introduced to Holly Miller and Tim Burgess by Chris Korsmo on February 24, 2012?<br /><br />Ms Korsmo writes:<br />"<i>Meet Charles Wright. Charles is new-ish to Seattle having moved here from Denver. He is a (schools) systems guy and loves his data. I think you all will hit it off rather nicely. Charles is looking to get better engaged with his new community and I recommend he connect with you two as one means of getting engaged.</i>"<br /><br />Well, he's engaged now. Mr. Wright, new-ish to Seattle, was added to the <a href="http://alliance4ed.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-alliance-for-education-welcomes.html" rel="nofollow">Alliance for Education Board of Directors</a> on September 19, 2012.<br /><br />From new-ish to Seattle in February to a seat on the A4E Board in September. I guess it helps to have Chris Korsmo introduce you to Holly Miller and Tim Burgess.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-65440016422372837322012-11-01T21:55:54.564-07:002012-11-01T21:55:54.564-07:00Betsy -
Re: the missing results for Green Lake....Betsy - <br /><br />Re: the missing results for Green Lake. I'm a parent there, and we were told in September that the MSP test booklets for writing were lost at some point in process. They got out of the school and on to the district, that's for sure. I forget where in the process they were lost, but it was either between the district and the state, or between the state and the scoring people. The state/district are supposed to be trying to track them down. In the meantime, there are no writing scores to report, hence no valid progress scores to report in that particular area, hence they are not apparently reporting anything at this time. Yeah. I wish they'd just adjust the report to put out what they can, rather than not put anything out at all.<br /><br />Dragon ParentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-28359376481088933422012-11-01T20:42:34.002-07:002012-11-01T20:42:34.002-07:00Unless I'm missing something, View Ridge seems...Unless I'm missing something, View Ridge seems to be missing from the school reports while Sand Point is listed twice.View Ridge Parentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-7513837730390569772012-11-01T20:18:38.075-07:002012-11-01T20:18:38.075-07:00Plus from the last email, sounds like the union of...Plus from the last email, sounds like the union of the Alliance and SEA is a loveless marriage...<br /><br />mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-15317671326766109312012-11-01T20:08:44.362-07:002012-11-01T20:08:44.362-07:00So here's a telling comment from Korsmo from m...So here's a telling comment from Korsmo from mirmac's link, plus a couple other items detailing the cozy relationship between Burgess, Morris, and Korsmo as they plot in the shadows. Let's remember, people, that the "school reports" themselves are a Gates product, created as part of the Strategic Plan, funded by Gates through the Alliance, which, with LEV, also maintains the anti-union OSC astroturfers, and all the players are in regular communication. They are running things behind the scenes, buying large-scale systemic changes in public education. This report, and its timing, DOES speak to an attempt to get charters in: ALL their behind the scenes afforts are torwards "reforms" such as charters and this is no exception.<br /><br />Here's Korsmo, and others. They should all be run out of town on a rail.<br /><br />Korsmo: The CAS MOU could be used by “highly dysfunctioning [schools] in a kumbaya, we all love our mediocrity sort of way…” Wow! Really? Korsmo thinks a group of staff members will band together for a CAS MOU in order to continue mediocrity?! And she claims to believe in schools?<br /><br />Ooh, ooh, and there’s one where Sara Morris (Alliance) says that they just got the Our Schools Coalition blog up and running, and she wanted to highlight its comment policy (paraphrasing the polic: “be nice”) Tim Burgess replies, “Nice. Good luck enforcing.” So Burgess values open debate. NOT. He believes commenters are all loudmouthed pests.<br /><br />THEN, Korsmo introduces, via email, a new data wonk at Microsoft to Tim Burgess and Sara Morris. Tim replies, let’s do coffee! Must be nice to have such easy access…<br /><br />I'm amazed at the depth of connection and influence these non-educators have. They aren't elected or even hardly known, yet they are manipulating everything to do with procedural aspects of our schools. Wow.<br />seattle citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724175257161649500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-89548409863023473632012-11-01T20:06:07.494-07:002012-11-01T20:06:07.494-07:00Josh, I heard from SPS REA that only 19% of famili...Josh, I heard from SPS REA that only 19% of families completed those surveys.<br /><br />I'll say that I do not do them because I don't want anything I put down to be used against or for something I can't control. The questions are open ended. If I say I don't think much of my school, it may be a reflection on the teachers, or it may be a reflection on the administration.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-85722477686721926832012-11-01T19:57:10.315-07:002012-11-01T19:57:10.315-07:00I share DistrictWatcher's perspective and espe...I share DistrictWatcher's perspective and especially the shiny object analogy. Have we forgotten those shiny brochures about Excellence For All? It doesn't surprise me that many have probably deliberately forgotten that nightmare. <br /><br />But let's give Banda a real chance, shall we? He at least seems to have one foot on the ground, in the real world, and maybe two. We'll see. But many Peter Pans have moved on. Good riddance. <br /><br />Meanwhile, lets replicate Mercer throughout the district ASAP. WSDWG Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-88850141631192202702012-11-01T19:48:45.162-07:002012-11-01T19:48:45.162-07:00I went to the shindig today, and it was pretty use...I went to the shindig today, and it was pretty useless except that, what with name tags, I was able to put faces on the names I've read (like, "Oh, so THAT'S Bree Dusseault").<br /><br />Basically, we all got to see the powerpoint, and a few principals got up and said how great their schools (Cleveland, Broadview-Thompson, and Bailey-Gatzert) are.<br /><br />I find it interesting that they do surveys, and it goes on the school report, how families feel about their school - but there's no equivalent survey of how people feel about downtown management. I think a lot of people like their school pretty well, and are unsatisfied with SPS management at JSCEE. It's kind of like how people think Congress is in league with the devil, but THEIR representative is okay.<br /><br />There are some interesting trends in the data, of course -- but there was no word about math materials, for instance. And an item about how they're going to work on Spec Ed was about that detailed: We're going to work on it. We're even doing a search for a director of SpecEd! Look at us go!<br /><br />On the plus side, it seemed as though everyone was unified in their opposition to 1240. I'm sure some in the room are fans, but they kept it to themselves.Josh Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242600011474990770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-3575755000497482112012-11-01T19:48:22.216-07:002012-11-01T19:48:22.216-07:00I tried to look at the report card for GreenLake b...I tried to look at the report card for GreenLake but it says the following -- 'delayed due to incomplete OSPI data'. Does anybody know what this means and why GreenLake was the only school with this designation?<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />BetsyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-18817078629675526732012-11-01T19:46:23.130-07:002012-11-01T19:46:23.130-07:00oh my! look at the last page!oh my! look at the last page!mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-1145614923948713712012-11-01T19:00:35.389-07:002012-11-01T19:00:35.389-07:00Wow, mirmac1, your link to "Chatty Korsmo&quo...Wow, mirmac1, your link to "Chatty Korsmo" just blew me away. I didn't even get to the chatty Korsmo part - I was reading up from the bottom and came across this blatant evidence of evil collusion:<br /><br />So there’s an email from Sara Morris, of the Alliance, regarding the CAS MOU dated February 20th of this year.<br />It is sent to: Tim Burgess – Seattle Council; Mary Jean Ryan – CCED Results; Holly Miller – City of Seattle; Chris Korsmo – League Of Ed Voters; Shannon Campion – Stand For Children; Liz Anne Lyons – lead bargainer on SPS/Union CBA ; Suzannah Malarkey – Technology Alliance; Jane Broom – Microsoft; Karen Waters – Strategies 360 (PR company)<br /><br />The email in short: CAS MOU was approved, love to hear your thoughts…<br /><br />What?! Why are these people in bed together deciding how to run OUR schools?<br /><br />Really? A4E, LEV, S4C, the city, and Strategies 360? Really?seattle citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724175257161649500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-46100811853953535952012-11-01T18:45:06.184-07:002012-11-01T18:45:06.184-07:00Here is the Seattle Times article on the subject.<a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019578184_banda02m.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is the Seattle Times article on the subject.seattle citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724175257161649500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-36371768465714272912012-11-01T18:09:45.788-07:002012-11-01T18:09:45.788-07:00On the Dashboard metric:
31. Percent of schools...On the Dashboard metric:<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/111857562" rel="nofollow">31. Percent of schools within Space Utilization tolerance levels - includes the use of portables</a>mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-28834204526315809872012-11-01T18:05:18.468-07:002012-11-01T18:05:18.468-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.SPSLeakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714933035660195471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-83878557455326134732012-11-01T17:47:45.274-07:002012-11-01T17:47:45.274-07:00I should amend that to not meeting or nearly meeti...I should amend that to not meeting or nearly meeting most CSIP goals. Some stuff happens, but there should always be progress. Eric Bnoreply@blogger.com