Comments on: 2008 Minnesota Metro Schools Test Scores

By: kohler

kohler — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:39:34 +0000

e, the 3 is the number who took the test. The TIZ campus that’s been in the news is the Inver Grove Heights campus which shows 69 test takers.

By: e

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:35:35 +0000

Wait, only 3 kids go to TIZ? Or am I not reading this right at all…

Brandi, the private schools probably want to look good. If they know they can, why not?

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:56:00 +0000

Education may be a two way street but the schools need to be accountable too. No Child Left Behind efforts like this are ironic because they generally presume that if you make struggling schools transparent, market pressure will improve the quality of the education.
The presumption is that all kids have the same educational needs.

I would rather be looking at the incremental progress in reading, writing and math skills to see if the kids that go to a particular school get ahead, fall behind or create the impression that the school is good because it is filled with students that test well to begin with.

By: Brandi

Brandi — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:36:23 +0000

Why did the private schools that took the test take the test in the first place? That list obviously doesn’t contain a boat load of private schools. I’m just curious about the motivations of the schools that decided to take it.

By: Moe

Moe — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:27:59 +0000

Wow, my school, Richfield, fared below Minneapolis. Way to go Spartans!