(From Sen. Jill Carter, R-Granby)Seeking to give parents, teachers and schools more flexibility while ensuring full transparency in both performance and accountability, State Sen. Jill Carter, R-Granby, has introduced Senate Bill 814, the “Education Freedom Act.”
The legislation proposes several modifications to Missouri’s education system, including changes to the statewide assessment system, school accountability report cards and the powers and duties of the State Board of Education.
“The Education Freedom Act would remove the reliance on a one-time, end-of-year assessment that I believe fails to provide accurate information on student, teacher, school or district performance,” said Sen. Carter. “School districts and charter schools would create, purchase or adopt interim assessment systems to measure student growth so teachers, parents and districts can be better informed about achievement levels.”
Assessments would be utilized for school improvement and accountability purposes. This act would repeal the current accreditation system for schools, encouraging districts to seek alternative accreditation models that best fit the priorities of their communities.
Assessments would be utilized for school improvement and accountability purposes. This act would repeal the current accreditation system for schools, encouraging districts to seek alternative accreditation models that best fit the priorities of their communities.
It makes sense when the owners of the once per year tests will not show you what the questions and answers are because they say it is "proprietary." Our parents and teachers are a better judge of how well our students are preforming rather than a single test.
ReplyDeleteYet another RePuBeican trying to make stupid rules about our kids are educated. When will they relize that teachers and educators no what is best for our kids and how good there doing.
ReplyDeleteExactly what I thought a lib would say… What are your pronouns?
DeleteMy guess is that 537 is slowly coming out of the closet, or maybe from under the bed.
DeleteThey (537) are definitely he/she/it.
I can't say that I am a big fan of one big test to determine the success or failure of a student but I do believe that some sort of standardized measurement should be used to determine how a student, a school, and a state is doing to educate our future. I don't trust a local district to make that determination. Too much mobility (moving from district to district, state to state) in our world to allow a local school to decide what a student needs to succeed in or world today.
ReplyDeleteShe knows best. She home schooled her kids.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great start Senator Carter. Next can work be finished to allow Senior Citizens to quit paying property taxes and a minimum wage for police officers like the one for school teachers
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The money collected from MO property taxes is used for multiple public services throughout the state, like:
First responders and other law enforcement
General government services
Municipal employees’ pay
Municipal infrastructure and land construction or improvements
Protective services
Recreational services
Resident services like garbage pickup
Senior Citizens pay property taxes so they can have government services they use, so any requests like
" can work be finished to allow Senior Citizens to quit paying property taxes and a minimum wage for police officers"
are just plainly a request for someone else to be taxed.
Or they are a request for stopping governemnt services. No more, or less of: law enforcement, water and sewer systems, garbage collection. Can you pick some or all that you think you and your fellow citizens don't want or need anymore?
Either tell us which government services you don't think Missouri's senior citizens should have, or tell us who should pay increased taxes for your free services (welfare) in the future.
5:37 definitely self identified as she/it.
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