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I was very surprised to read Mr. Dwight Jones’ remarks concerning the CSAP test and the recent results published July 31st in the RMN. It was my understanding that Mr. Jones had six years of CSAP experience in Fort Carson before his recent appointment as Colorado’s new commissioner of education yet when asked if he supports changes in CSAP he replied, “I’ve not had the opportunity to do a lot of thinking about it at this point". It is hard to believe that a forward looking leader responsible for the education of the children of Colorado has not “thought about the CSAP test” and its applicability as a measure of student knowledge.
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. whether or not it is an appropriate measure in the 9th and 10th grades or whether we should consider end-of-year or end-of-course exams.” That statement is tantamount to removing CSAP at the high school level as every class at every high school would have a different testing procedure. There would be no comparison of teachers, schools or administrative structure and clearly play directly into the hands of the teacher’s union. Why have CSAP at all if every teacher could devise their own test to measure their own classroom performance? Why change CSAP just because you don’t like the results? To look for the cause of poor student performance one needs to examine how teachers are educated in the university systems as well as to how they present the material in the classroom. It is time to look outside the box and examine the total problem from the education of teachers to the selection of teachers for classroom assignments to the curriculum, textbook selection and administrative personnel. This letter has not been edited.
READER COMMENTS
Ever notice that the only schools that complain about CSAP are the poor acheiving ones?
Posted by hmmm on August 10, 2007 10:33 PM
Hmm....Here some new thoughts to consider as well....
Ever notice that the people who complain about gasoline prices are the people putting gasoline in their cars?
Ever notice that the people who complain about high food costs are the people who eat food?
Ever notice that the people who complain about public transportation are usually at the bus stop at 5 in the snowy morning trying to get to work or school?
Ever notice that the people who complain about poor CSAP results are the people who actually have students in the school system?
Ever notice that people who complain in the newspaper usually have nothing more to do?
Case in point....ever notice that the only........zzzzzzz
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