If these numbers are correct, they're a damning indictment:
“87% of Sacramento County parents think their kids do math at grade level,” reads one billboard. “28% of kids actually do." The goal of the #GoBeyondGrades campaign is to persuade parents to talk to teachers about their child's achievement and take advantage of summer programs, writes Sawsan Morrar in the Sacramento Bee.
In addition to Sacramento County, the foundation-funded billboard campaign is targeting Boston, Chicago, Houston, New York City and Washington, D.C.
In all six regions, 80 percent of parents said their children earn As or Bs on their report cards," according to a recent Learning Heroes survey, and 89 percent believe their child is at or above grade level in reading and math. Parents are very confident that their children will be prepared for success in college and the workforce.
It ain't necessarily so....
Coincidentally, a parent recently told me that he thinks that 80% of the students in a high school math class should receive an A or a B.
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The anti-testing movement wants to take away one of the few ways parents have to get a neutral assessment of their kids' actual education level.
Ann in L.A.
"a parent recently told me that he thinks that 80% of the students in a high school math class should receive an A or a B."
You're serious?! Egad... (head to desk). All those kids must live in Lake Wobegone or something, where the majority are above average.
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