Proficient

Joanne Jacobs:

AB 2975 would have labeled California students "proficient" if they were on track to pass the state's graduation exam, which requires partial mastery of 7th and 8th grade math and 9th and 10th grade English by the end of 12th grade. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto message was succinct.

Redefining the level of academic achievement necessary to designate students as 'proficient' does not make the students proficient."

Not unless the word means "no more than four years below grade level."

There's been some local discussion regarding the redefinition of success here and here.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 28, 2006 5:59 AM
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