On 1/2/2007 at 2:01:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My wife and I went through the figures ... in schools that are K to 8, the scores stayed rather steady in each grade. In towns that had a separate middle school for grades 6 to 8, the test scores for those kids dropped dramatically from when they were in grade school. To draw any conclusions simply from those two observations would be a logical fallacy of cause and effect (Cum hoc ergo propter hoc). The factors that contribute to quality education are many and multi-faceted, and this is probably the wrong forum to discuss them; however, the numbers in the charts you refer to are certainly only a piece of the puzzle. Any ideas? I've got lots of ideas, some of them good. Solutions? That's a $64,000 question. _ ========Original Message======== Subj: [AsburyPark] Need help from our teacher Date: 1/2/2007 2:01:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com) Sent on: Mario, My wife and I went through the figures Dan posted about the Math grades all over Monmouth County. We noticed that in schools that are K to 8, the scores stayed rather steady in each grade. In towns that had a separate middle school for grades 6 to 8, the test scores for those kids dropped dramatically from when they were in grade school. Any ideas on why that would be the case? I understand in 6th grade there might be some new school nervousness, but the scores are lower in 7th and 8th grade too. Any ideas?
