[NormsRevenge]

better than students in Mississippi. Among eighth-graders, Californians performed as well as students in 12 other states and better than students in New Mexico, Louisiana and Mississippi.

MiSSissiPPi Don'T Get No Respect At All

What's that make us:-? 36th? ..Whoopie
DUMP DAVI$ & the Den of Socialists



GO SIMON

[Drango]

and better than students in Mississippi

I am soooooooo proud (sniff).

(No offense to Freeper friends in Mississippi.)

[NormsRevenge]

Test ... Test ... Test ... That's how ya edukate yur kids!!! Kidz these dayz got to menny distraktions.

[Fish out of Water]

*Index Bump and fyi

[Carry_Okie]

What's that make us:-? 36th? ..Whoopie

Not only that, but 36th in a country that ranks at the bottom of industrialized nations.

[Feiny]

Why don't they break down how much money is spent and compare that to the results? If davis weren't so busy collecting money from the NEA, maybe he could have focused on the sorry state of affairs here in California.

[d14truth]

"But since 1999, scores on the state Academic Performance Index have increased. The API is based on results of the standardized Stanford 9 test, which is given to students each spring and compares how well they perform against their peers across the country."

I believe that while the 'scores' may have gone up the 'education' level hasn't. If memory serves, the 'standard' bar was lowered. I will try to find it for the 'Sac Bee' writer who is apparently unfamiliar with the lowering of standards so as not to damage self-esteem and the 'appearance' of doing good.

[d14truth]

Here's an article, not the one I was looking for--

Stanford 9 To Be Replaced

Gee, and just when the teachers where starting to see the students' scores getting better. < /sarcasm >

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the good news.

Last night driving home from a fishing trip, I heard on Sac talk radio, that under Davis and the Rats the annual per $ cost in our class rooms is now up to $275,000 per class room.

Ten years ago I used make lib teachers and administrators run screaming from a class room during a meeting with the public. At that time the cost per class room was about $100,000.

I would go to the chalk board and do a little exercise. I would deduct the cost of the teacher's salary, the cost of the utilities, (there never was any repair nor new books then).

I would leave $40 -$50,000 left after those direct expenses were deducted and toss the chalk back to the administor or teacher. Then ask them to show me and the rest of the people in the room where and how that $50,000 was being spent before asking me to spend more for education.

None had an answer. I told them that instead of increasing my taxes for school until they came up with an answer, I wanted a 40 to 50% reductions in taxes. I can only imagine the fun, if we can document the $275,000/classroom/year.