tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30234378.post4465771600529702144..comments2023-07-01T06:47:54.795-04:00Comments on Ready, Willing and Abell: Notes from Board Meeting, 10/09/07Jennifer Abellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03579669399103806962noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30234378.post-71062546769858221722007-10-22T12:46:00.000-04:002007-10-22T12:46:00.000-04:00Anonymous,Sue wouldn't be the right word, but file...Anonymous,<BR/>Sue wouldn't be the right word, but file for the scores under the Freedom of Informaiton Act or the Public Information Act. Let me do some research.Jennifer Abellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03579669399103806962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30234378.post-50055211176565181432007-10-21T19:18:00.000-04:002007-10-21T19:18:00.000-04:00Mrs. Abell:Could you sue the school system to rele...Mrs. Abell:<BR/><BR/>Could you sue the school system to release the scores through the Freedom of Information Act?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30234378.post-7780410442228129812007-10-21T08:08:00.000-04:002007-10-21T08:08:00.000-04:00Anonymous,Thank you for looking into this. Unfort...Anonymous,<BR/>Thank you for looking into this. Unfortunately I believe my hands are tied without those scores to validate my suspicions. Still thinking...Jennifer Abellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03579669399103806962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30234378.post-21608880727084063122007-10-19T00:19:00.000-04:002007-10-19T00:19:00.000-04:00Mrs. Abell:I checked the AP website. They are per...Mrs. Abell:<BR/><BR/>I checked the AP website. They are performing a basically wishy-washy audit, not requiring any type of expertise of the teachers teaching the class, etc.<BR/><BR/>I was very disappointed to see how mundane these audits are. But I wasn't suprised. Enrolling every kid that is breathing and listening to an Ipod in an AP class is big business for the College Board. <BR/><BR/>Schools shouldn't brag about passing the AP audit. It reminds me of the administration bragging about having a 50% proficient scores on the assessments. With the lousy instruction going on in many of the science and math classrooms, they are basically setting up these kids to take a couple courses of remedial math and English in college BEFORE actually taking classes that will earn them legitimately transferable college credit. They'll end up taking 75 credits due to the fact they are academically still in high school.<BR/><BR/>Thank you BOE. Why don't you hire some people to audit these teachers? How many times do students have to hear, "You should have learned that last year"?<BR/>Why doesn't the chairperson of the department apply a 2x4 to these teachers in their respective departments that ARE NOT TEACHING THE STUDENTS WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO LEARN?<BR/><BR/>Please ask Mr. Richmond to start getting into these classrooms, observe these teachers, and hold these people accountable for dumbing down these classes? <BR/><BR/>What do you think that Montgomery and Fairfax Counties would do if they had such instruction? <BR/><BR/>Thank g*d for Jay Matthews. At least he believes that our schools are in the top 5% of the nation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30234378.post-40299755237066362412007-10-18T16:29:00.000-04:002007-10-18T16:29:00.000-04:00Anonymous,Not sur eof the criterion. The audit wa...Anonymous,<BR/>Not sur eof the criterion. The audit was performed by The College Board...I will try to gather some additional information.Jennifer Abellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03579669399103806962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30234378.post-29494460872593880692007-10-18T16:10:00.000-04:002007-10-18T16:10:00.000-04:00I see where the AP audit had all the classes passi...I see where the AP audit had all the classes passing.<BR/><BR/>How could a class with a year to year average pass where students have an average score below a "2"?<BR/><BR/>What criterion was used to audit the classes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30234378.post-71973533848479641502007-10-12T16:12:00.000-04:002007-10-12T16:12:00.000-04:00Another reason why we either need cameras in the c...Another reason why we either need cameras in the classroom or an open-door parental visitation policy:<BR/><BR/>http://www.somdnews.com/stories/101207/indycri175820_32098.shtml<BR/><BR/>Do YOU want your child being taught by a crackhead?<BR/><BR/>And another reason as to why we need to wake these people up at CCBOE.<BR/><BR/>Who hires these people? And a "spokeswoman" declined to comment due to personnel confidentiality.<BR/><BR/>What a joke!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com