High school exit standards meeting
The State Board of Education wants to make getting a high school diploma tougher - and more meaningful.
But first, they want to hear from you.
Board members are having a public forum on proposed new high school exit standards Wednesday night from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at Weaver Education Center, 300 S. Spring St. in downtown Greensboro.
The Greensboro meeting is one of six public forums being held across the state to gather input on the proposals.
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Passing EOG's could mean that all students are held to the same standard and that would be good. Anytime you deal with as many variables (different teachers, students, geography,parents etc) then standards will be different. For instance how can students be passing subjects on a regular basis, yet as per your editoral page on 1-16 "Algebra I passing rates were 29 percent at Eastern, 33 percent at Andrews and 34 percent at Dudley, compared with the state average of 80 percent." To me this says that either the standards are not high enough at these schools' the teachers don't understand the cirriculum; the students didn't 'learn' the material (maybe just short term knowledge)or there is some other problem. I doubt that all these children failed these courses. I'm not sure that EOG's are the solution; but they could be a step in the right direction. Our children must learn the minimum plus more to survive in today's work force.
Posted on January 19, 2005 8:19 AM
The problem with any student just "passing" a subject like Albebra I which is a building type skill is the student ready for higher Math? There are kids who by the end of 5th grade do not even know their multiplication tables. I have seen this in middle schoolers too. They cannot even perform simple Math functions without a calculator. Some are not learning the "thinking" skills and the "whys" of Math. Can these kids pass with a "D" or a "C" and do Algebra II and Geometry? Are we simply passing students to get the numbers to look great and not really teaching these kids, thus setting them up for failure in the future?
Posted on January 20, 2005 7:22 PM
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