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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Right - they care about numbers -- specifically proficiency numbers on DC-CAS. If you're already there, they take you for granted. If you're way behind, they don't have a clue of how to help you and don't try (except for their stupid "it's all about the teachers" attempt), but if you're on the cusp of proficiency, then they care very much, because there's a chance that with extra drilling, you can inch over the proficiency line and make THEM look good.[/quote]

Doesn't all this point to a major disconnect in the way schools are funded?  We're almost fifteen years into No Child Left Behind and it seems to me that it's a complete failure.

I've been trying to parse out OSSE's accountability structure and its enormously confusing.  The at-a-glance look at proficiency provided on schools' websites classifies each school, from low to high, as Priority, Focus, Developing, Rising and Reward.

There's been so much talk about low-income kids needing more support, but the kind of support they're getting is counterproductive to their improvement.  It seems to me that the more challenging a particular cohort may be, the more innovation is needed to address those challenges.  Schools and classrooms that do well have administrations and teachers who have greater autonomy over their approach to education.  Charter schools are proof of that

But priority and developing schools have less autonomy and less flexibility in their use of funds and in the way they reach students.  Add the per pupil funding structure to that and its a formula for failing schools to fail harder.[/quote]

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