Nick Bearce: Looking to rectify the problems in Bangor schools
Bangor Daily News, October 31, 2007
(excerpt) How good are the academics in Bangor schools? The Communique and other public relations pieces of the Bangor system regularly tout the statistics of the high achievers in our system. According to the last Communique, 95 percent of Bangor High School seniors go on to college. What would this number be if it included dropouts? How are we defining college?
Recently at a school board meeting I attended, a report was given on the results of the standardized test taken in a number of grades. The results of this test were compared with national averages or norms. We were higher than the national norm, which I would expect. More appropriate but not given was how do we compare to cities with similar socioeconomic demographics? This would give us a better understanding of the quality of our schools.
(excerpt) How good are the academics in Bangor schools? The Communique and other public relations pieces of the Bangor system regularly tout the statistics of the high achievers in our system. According to the last Communique, 95 percent of Bangor High School seniors go on to college. What would this number be if it included dropouts? How are we defining college?
Recently at a school board meeting I attended, a report was given on the results of the standardized test taken in a number of grades. The results of this test were compared with national averages or norms. We were higher than the national norm, which I would expect. More appropriate but not given was how do we compare to cities with similar socioeconomic demographics? This would give us a better understanding of the quality of our schools.
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