Comments on: Graduation rates are up and officials forecast an even rosier future http://gothamschools.org/2009/06/22/graduation-rates-are-up-and-officials-forecast-an-even-rosier-future/ Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:35:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Philip Nobile http://gothamschools.org/2009/06/22/graduation-rates-are-up-and-officials-forecast-an-even-rosier-future/comment-page-1/#comment-258138 Philip Nobile Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:52:18 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=16985#comment-258138 All the gains in Regents diplomas??? Didn't the recent State Comptroller's report find massive grade inflation in Regents exams which signals principal and teacher cheating? Everybody in the NYC system knows that principals and teachers routinely scrub failing exams into passing. As the stakes get higher, so does the grade changing. It's human nature to cheat. But the DOE and the UFT turn blind eyes to the problem. See chapter 2 in "Freakonomics. All the gains in Regents diplomas??? Didn’t the recent State Comptroller’s report find massive grade inflation in Regents exams which signals principal and teacher cheating? Everybody in the NYC system knows that principals and teachers routinely scrub failing exams into passing. As the stakes get higher, so does the grade changing. It’s human nature to cheat. But the DOE and the UFT turn blind eyes to the problem. See chapter 2 in “Freakonomics.

]]> By: ceolaf http://gothamschools.org/2009/06/22/graduation-rates-are-up-and-officials-forecast-an-even-rosier-future/comment-page-1/#comment-139093 ceolaf Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:35:35 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=16985#comment-139093 Could credit recovery have anything to do with this? Anything at all? Could credit recovery have anything to do with this? Anything at all?

]]> By: Michael M. http://gothamschools.org/2009/06/22/graduation-rates-are-up-and-officials-forecast-an-even-rosier-future/comment-page-1/#comment-139078 Michael M. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:40:45 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=16985#comment-139078 First, as always, I am happy when test scores and graduation rates go up -- assuming the numbers reflect a meaningful reality, etc, etc. But what, pray tell, is Mayor Bloomberg's theory on the rising graduation rates THROUGHOUT THE STATE, and in cities that DO NOT HAVE Mayoral Control? (*crickets* ...) And are these gains locating in new boutique schools, which, per stories over the last week, come AT THE EXPENSE OF larger schools? And, last I checked, the Principals were mini-CEO's, nominally, and the teachers were doing the teaching. Push accountability down to 1,000+ schools, but claim responsibility... at Gracie Mansion !?! (Perhaps "everybody" means "everybody employed by or beholden to... moi, le roi.") First, as always, I am happy when test scores and graduation rates go up — assuming the numbers reflect a meaningful reality, etc, etc.

But what, pray tell, is Mayor Bloomberg’s theory on the rising graduation rates THROUGHOUT THE STATE, and in cities that DO NOT HAVE Mayoral Control?

(*crickets* …)

And are these gains locating in new boutique schools, which, per stories over the last week, come AT THE EXPENSE OF larger schools?

And, last I checked, the Principals were mini-CEO’s, nominally, and the teachers were doing the teaching. Push accountability down to 1,000+ schools, but claim responsibility… at Gracie Mansion !?!

(Perhaps “everybody” means “everybody employed by or beholden to… moi, le roi.”)

]]> By: TrashMan http://gothamschools.org/2009/06/22/graduation-rates-are-up-and-officials-forecast-an-even-rosier-future/comment-page-1/#comment-138890 TrashMan Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:21:18 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=16985#comment-138890 While these numbers are wonderful I am wary of them. While these numbers are wonderful I am wary of them.

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