tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post5173990894088030858..comments2024-03-26T23:23:06.905-07:00Comments on Blogger in Middle-earth: Standards, Statistics and Steps ForwardBlogger In Middle-earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-38436563864640154362010-02-12T01:48:11.284-08:002010-02-12T01:48:11.284-08:00Kia ora e Shaun!
I general, you're right, of ...<b>Kia ora e Shaun!</b><br /><br />I general, you're right, of course, though I am aware that not every distribution delivers a perfect 'bell curve'.<br /><br /><b>Tēnā koe Virginia!</b><br /><br />It is much the same with moderation of NCEA standards in New Zealand. Though the standard may clearly set <b>the standard</b>, the assessment schedules are moderated according to the assessment distributions that result. This skews the whole purpose for setting a standard in the first place, of course, making a mockery of any standard <i>per se</i>.<br /><br /><b>Catchya later</b>Blogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-9759927955207220232010-02-02T08:08:16.416-08:002010-02-02T08:08:16.416-08:00After 10 years of NCLB standards in the US, this i...After 10 years of NCLB standards in the US, this is something that people still don't get. If you have a school with 25% learning disabilities and these are not exempt from the general population standards, then you will always have 25% who aren't meeting "standards". I'd like to know when "standards" became the statistical average.<br /><br />I wrote about the new "standards" in math that were demanded when there was a high percentage of the school population that met the standards. Rather than maintaining the standards, the commissioner called for higher standards because too many students were passing! So these are not standards, but rather a way of dividing the society up into those that are "smart" and those that "aren't smart."V Yonkershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910904367068063554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-24012797231790201342010-02-01T19:43:15.901-08:002010-02-01T19:43:15.901-08:00An excellent point and perspective! Of course in a...An excellent point and perspective! Of course in any bell curve there has to be someone in the lower scale.Shaun Woodhttp://shaunwoodictblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com