Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S.
by snowwrestler on Thursday December 27, 2018 @01:05PM
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> You mentioned the grading of schools leading to higher quality. Do we know if any metric suffered as a result?
We don't know. Something might have suffered but if you're not measuring a metric, you can't really know anything about it. That was the reality of the educational system--very little measurement of anything--and hence the baseline of agreement (not just in Florida but in many states) was simply: let's start measuring.
> One guess I have is that teachers started teaching for the test rather than for the foundation.
This is a good guess, and some teachers and parents definitely agree with you. But the reality is that (again) unless you are carefully measuring a metric, you don't know what is really happening. Collecting a few anecdotes and opinions does not necessarily result in good data.
It's also possible that in the absence of performance metrics, some teachers managed their work to maximize throughput and minimize complaints--by passing students through to the next grade whether or not they were ready. This is also supported by anecdotes, like colleges and employers reporting a decline in student readiness.
We don't know. Something might have suffered but if you're not measuring a metric, you can't really know anything about it. That was the reality of the educational system--very little measurement of anything--and hence the baseline of agreement (not just in Florida but in many states) was simply: let's start measuring.
> One guess I have is that teachers started teaching for the test rather than for the foundation.
This is a good guess, and some teachers and parents definitely agree with you. But the reality is that (again) unless you are carefully measuring a metric, you don't know what is really happening. Collecting a few anecdotes and opinions does not necessarily result in good data.
It's also possible that in the absence of performance metrics, some teachers managed their work to maximize throughput and minimize complaints--by passing students through to the next grade whether or not they were ready. This is also supported by anecdotes, like colleges and employers reporting a decline in student readiness.