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I have learned in the past year that test scores are no indication of the success of a school.¬† Sure, it bails out the administrators and perhaps lets the teachers stay employed but ultimately, it isn’t anything any parent ought to use as a reliable indicator of how successful a school is on an individual level.
My daughter’s school has off-the-charts test scores and you’d think, on paper, that it’s one of the best public elementary schools in Los Angeles.¬† But the truth is, that is absolutely no indication of the success or failure of the school.¬†¬† Her school gets its high test scores because of the high-achieving magnet and if the home school should happen to drop off the map it doesn’t impact the test scores overall because the magnet’s scores are so high.¬† Therefore, there is no incentive for this school to keep up the learning at all levels. My choice?¬† Dump the magnet system, which not only isn’t working but isn’t helping the schools that aren’t magnets.¬† Meanwhile, Charter schools are popping up all over the city.¬† Perhaps that is the future.
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