Comments on: The schools that didn’t make the list http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2010/03/11/the-schools-that-didnt-make-the-list/ Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Gordon Danning http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2010/03/11/the-schools-that-didnt-make-the-list/comment-page-1/#comment-24675 Gordon Danning Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:51:48 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/?p=8477#comment-24675 I imagine that it is tough to get statistically significant results when you are testing a small number of students; I imagine that is why the small schools were excluded.

As to whether it makes sense, or is equitable; well,assuming for the sake of argument that “failing” schools are, in fact, failing, it certainly is not equitable for students at those schools to be stuck in the status quo merely because of the notion that large and small schools must be treated equally.

]]> By: Brian Rodriguez http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2010/03/11/the-schools-that-didnt-make-the-list/comment-page-1/#comment-24671 Brian Rodriguez Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:23:44 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/?p=8477#comment-24671 Inotherwords, like Alice, take one pill and make yourself “small” and you escape scrutiny and taxpayer ire? That is truly “curiouser and curiouser.” It is obvious poorly performing schools have no incentive to report their scores.

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