Kevin Lennon
Kevin Lennon
among clear committee great high integrity issues members provide quality quickly recognizes schools urgency
Many and most of the nontraditional high schools do have integrity and do provide a quality education. But it is clear that some do not. The committee recognizes that these are real problems. We know the abuses are going on as we speak, and I think there's a great sense of urgency among all of the members of the committee to take on these issues as quickly as possible.
academic adjustment data escape hard harder improve might penalty practices rather scores syndrome teams
Teams that use the squad-size adjustment to escape penalty rather than improve their academic practices right away might find the 'pay-me-later' syndrome hard to accept. As more years of APR data become available, teams will find scores harder to change.
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In the past, we haven't had the authority to do this. But for those (schools) that have no state oversight, that's where we'll have additional questions.