Reply #26: Nope. The 10% is mandated right in there. [View All]

[mbperrin]

That automatically translates to normed. Otherwise, we would say ALL schools that fall below the criteria are unacceptable.

Even then, the solutions are wrong under this proposal as well as all previous. You can't take resources away from those already not doing well and expect them to do better.

Here's how that game would play out if Jesus came and they actually did better with less: "Well, you did so much better with 20% less, we're going to cut you even more next year to help you even more!"

Like a carpenter who is not meeting his quota of nails driven because he is choking up on the head of the hammer and losing all power. We could take the time and effort to show him how to drive correctly, from the elbow and at the tip. Or we could just say, "You're unacceptable. Turn in your hammer. We're going to replace you." That's the solution for all these national programs - fire, never train. Quite a strange remediation for educators....