{"id":4881,"date":"2019-10-02T19:26:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T19:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/2019\/10\/02\/2019-results-show-little-improvement-great-need-for-renewed-efforts\/"},"modified":"2022-09-27T19:49:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T19:49:18","slug":"2019-results-show-little-improvement-great-need-for-renewed-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/2019-results-show-little-improvement-great-need-for-renewed-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 results show little improvement, great need for renewed efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Statewide, 2019 assessment results show little improvement compared to 2018. Here, I\u2019ll look at reading, math, and science results, using those trends to call for major renewal of our statewide efforts to build excellence with equity.<\/p>\n<p>So, here\u2019s a look at elementary reading.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9108\" src=\"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-02-at-1.12.54-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a pattern of very little change:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Results for all students have not moved at all 2018 to 2019<\/li>\n<li>English learners had improvement of more than one point<\/li>\n<li>Students with identified disabilities and Asian students had declines of more than one point<\/li>\n<li>The rest of the breakout shows changes of less than one point, some up and some down<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here\u2019s a shorter version, showing just the changes, but adding in the math and science patterns.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9112\" src=\"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-02-at-1.27.57-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s middle school, with even less change:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9105\" src=\"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-02-at-1.15.59-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s high school, with more drops of more than one point, especially in mathematics and a just a few more improvements worth celebrating in reading and science.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9109\" src=\"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-02-at-1.16.23-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To see the detail of how each group scored each year, check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019AssessmentResultsandChanges.October2.pdf\">three-page display<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t for a minute think that KPREP or ACT can be the sole measure of Kentucky\u2019s educational progress. I\u2019m excited by powerful work going on around the state to build strengths that quick statewide assessments can\u2019t evaluate, including work on problem-solving, communication, teamwork, and artistic creation and performance.<\/p>\n<p>But even seeing these assessments as partial measures, this isn\u2019t the pattern we should want and work for.<\/p>\n<p>I believe our students can do importantly stronger work in the kinds of reading, math, and science our tests do check. Especially:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019m not ready to settle for another generation of this kind of failure to build on and build up the capacities of Kentucky\u2019s African American and Latino students<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m not willing to believe that we\u2019ve already maxed out what we can do to equip our English learners and students with identified disabilities.<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t think we\u2019ve done all we can possibly do to level the playing field for our economically disadvantaged students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am ready to get serious about what our educators need to change these results for students and build excellence beyond what these tests can show us. I\u2019ll put these ideas on the table as my starting points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Resources matter<\/li>\n<li>Time to collaborate on designing, implementing, evaluating, and improving instructional changes can be a great help.<\/li>\n<li>Consistent state expectations, with much less \u201cpolicy churn,\u201d can make that sort of deep work far easier, if we can ever agree to that kind of stability<\/li>\n<li>Respect is always important, and recognition that we are asking educators for sustained, challenging, creative, important work is surely called for<\/li>\n<li>Community engagement to understand the issues, develop the strategies, and participate in the hard work must become far stronger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lots of other thought, from many other perspectives, should be part of this conversation. What&#8217;s key for me is that we need\u00a0not accept change as small as we see in this year&#8217;s assessment data for our rising generation.\u00a0We can build Ed Prichard&#8217;s pathway to a larger life. We can, and we should.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statewide, 2019 assessment results show little improvement compared to 2018. 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