John Lyons
John Lyons
against class instead next particular student year
It?s measuring this year?s third-grade class against next year?s third-grade class. Instead of measuring how a particular student is doing from year to year.
bus envision funny hard last morning struck time trying turned
It's hard to envision but it struck me that, you know, this is a bus he could have been on at about that time and could it be? It's funny because the last thing I said to him this morning was 'It's going to be a trying day' and it turned out to be a lot more trying than we ever anticipated.
amount districts driving fair impact message open reaching school teachers
Teachers do a fair amount of driving and most teachers are kind of open to things like that that impact the environment. School districts are a big employer. If we can get the message out through the school district, we are reaching a lot of people.
although assessment based education fact progress single specific state
These kids, although they may not have done well on one single state assessment test, they were in fact making very specific progress based on the individualized education that Portsmouth provides.