Thursday, January 10, 2008
SWOP homepageNM kids still least likely to succeed
Check this out...N.M. Schools Get a C on Report Card
Sad news unfortunately, but still nothing new.
"It came in 46th among all 50 states and the District of Columbia. New Mexico's eighth-graders ranked dead last in reading."
"New Mexico ranked dead last for the proportion of its children— 46.7 percent— from families with incomes twice the poverty level or below, one of the report's indicators for student success."
"New Mexico ranked 49th in overall indicators for student success, but not without at least one bright spot: It had the highest proportion of eligible children— 85.1 percent— enrolled in kindergarten."
"While its report found per-student funding highly equitable, it also found funding equity to be below average among districts.
"The report placed New Mexico two grades above average for policies it has in place to assure a strong standards, assessment and accountability system (16th in the nation) and to define exactly what it means to be ready for high school, college and the workplace (eighth in the nation)."
Here is a great question in the article: So why the disconnect between state policies and student achievement?
Some would say poverty, inequity, injustice.....I would agree.
How about this: our policy makers are too focused on creating their OWN POLICE FORCE!!!!
Where are our priorities people? Is this not enough proof?
The youth of the city are the future of the city and APS keeps failing them. SHAME on you. You need to get your act together and ensure the success of NM kids. Make it right and reprioritize.
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