I m not knocking it, but some explanation is needed in order to interpret the information. Evans also would have liked to see a ranking of schools and districts. There s no paragraph comparing the school systems on any one of the criteria. There should be a list of all of the school systems. In order for a school to be truly judged, the school has to be judged against others, not against itself.
Parents really don t have an opportunity to compare how their kids are doing statewide.
But Susan Godfrey said the new format was a huge step forward. Last year it didn t make a whole lot of sense. Some principals said they were concerned that the numbers don t tell the whole story about a school s performance. It saddens me for my colleagues. There is no document attached to the report card that tells the whole picture.