Wisconsin ranked #2 in the nation for SAT scores (healthcare, stats, cost)
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Take a look at the SAT scores for Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and the Dakotas as well. It is a northern midwestern effect and has little to do with the relative competence of Wisconsin teachers vs any other state.
If one evaluates the SAT scores in these states and compares them to the non-minority populations in other states, the advantage diminishes. Further, most children in these states take the ACT (which most midwest and western colleges accept). Only those interested in applying to elite east coast schools take the SAT, therefore you are selecting the most talented students, not the student body in general.
FYI, taking, or not taking, the ACT test has nothing to do with HS graduation. Usually only the college bound students take this test as there is a hefty fee to take it!
Ranking #13 nationwide is still commendable! That means WI does better than 37 states!
In the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests administered by the U.S. Department of Education in 2009—the latest year available—only 32 percent of Wisconsin public-school eighth graders earned a “proficient” rating while another 2 percent earned an “advanced” rating. The other 66 percent of Wisconsin public-school eighth graders earned ratings below “proficient,” including 44 percent who earned a rating of “basic” and 22 percent who earned a rating of “below basic.”
Yes, I'm sure they care so much for the kids.
Look where your hard earned money is going......to the union coffers in the form of free benefits and HC for life.
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Originally Posted by Savoir Faire
I guess the teachers are lazy and overpaid.
I think you're right about it, just look at the above statistic.
Take a look at the SAT scores for Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and the Dakotas as well. It is a northern midwestern effect and has little to do with the relative competence of Wisconsin teachers vs any other state.
If one evaluates the SAT scores in these states and compares them to the non-minority populations in other states, the advantage diminishes. Further, most children in these states take the ACT (which most midwest and western colleges accept). Only those interested in applying to elite east coast schools take the SAT, therefore you are selecting the most talented students, not the student body in general.
Exactly. It is a fact that the "northern midwest effect" has more to do with the lack of minority students than that of teaching proficiency.
That is the crux of the problem. The Wisc Teachers have been doing too good a job educating the kids. An educated population, is very bad for Repubs. So they need to get the more talented teachers to leave, so they can develop a more manageable population.
(CNSNews.com) - Two-thirds of the eighth graders in Wisconsin public schools cannot read proficiently according to the U.S. Department of Education, despite the fact that Wisconsin spends more per pupil in its public schools than any other state in the Midwest.
Maybe these whining striking teachers will be fired and replaced with teachers who know how to teach.
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