I found this
article interesting because in previous years, I really didn’t pay attention to
the national average scores. The article points out the nations overall math
and English scores increased, when compared to previous years. I was shocked to
see that the average score was only “242 on a scale of 500” in math. I would
have figured our students were scoring higher than that. This article tries to
play a positive spin on a 1-point gain in a two-year period, however I still
see this as a negative aspect. Why only a 1-point gain in two years? I
understand it takes some time to show positive growth and with changes to
curriculum, teachers and expectations maybe this is normal, however is this
‘media’ trick supposed to come across as positive as it really is not?
Overall, I feel
this article is giving false information about the success of our education
system, if these schools (districts, states) or only seeing a 1-point increase
they need to re-evaluate the effectiveness of the past two years and possibly
try something that other areas are doing – who are seeing higher results.
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