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Tag Archives: New York
In New York, 2 + 2 = 5
When does 2 + 2 = 5?
When you’re taking the state math test.
Despite promises that the exams — which determine whether students advance to the next grade — would not be dumbed down this year, students got “partial credit” for wrong answers after failing to correctly add, subtract, multiply and divide. Some got credit for no answer at all.
via nypost.com
For this reason alone (and there are many more presented in the article), local schools need to maintain control over which students advance to the next grade level. As this “partial-credit” mentality gets more prevalent, it’s only a matter of time before our gifted students start getting credit for unacceptable work.
In the real world, you don’t get partial credit. The outcome is either right or wrong- there’s no middle ground.
Tagged New York
Manhattan Borough President On Problems with Gifted and Talented Policy
As with any changes to education policy (or just about any public policy, for that matter), one segment of the population will always be upset with those changes. As the famous saying goes:
Tagged John Lydgate, New York
New York City Overhauling Gifted Programs
Following Florida’s lead, New York City has proposed plans to change eligibility guidelines for Gifted programs in the city’s schools. Right now, standards vary among schools. But the chancellor of schools, Joel Klein, has proposed a standard to be by all schools in evaluating Gifted students. All students who qualify would be guaranteed a spot in their school’s Gifted program. However, the qualifications would be substantially higher. The proposal would only admit those students who scored in the 95th percentile or higher on two national tests into Gifted programs.