[Vision2020] Interesting Report by S&P on Michigan's Govt Schools

[eevans@moscow.com]

Tom Hanson wrote:
> That is the problem.  People seem to think that everything must be measured
> in dollars and cents.
>
> I believe that the best way to evaluate the "product" of private and public
> schools would be to administer a standardized test of the students at the
> 6th, 9th, and 12th grade levels.
> 
> However, realizing that this is currently only cunducted at public schools,
> this suggestion is likely to fall on deaf ears.

Nonsense. Pretty much every kid at a private school will take the ACT and/or 
SAT their senior year.

Cheers,
-Ed Evans

> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
> > Behalf Of eevans@moscow.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 5:18 PM
> > To: vision2020@moscow.com
> > Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Interesting Report by S&P on Michigan's Govt
> > Schools
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Eevans said:
> > >
> > > We could assume the local private schools spend nothing on social
> > > services.
> > > Given an MSD budget, is it possible to differentiate between social
> > > service and
> > > education costs?
> > >
> > > Knowing full well that the rhetoric will overcome thoughtfulness, I
> > > still ask:
> > >
> > > Why separate education and social service?  Isn't education, private or
> > > public, a "social service"?
> >
> > I'm willing to generalize to simple "services." Public schools
> > cost more per
> > student because they provide more services. If we want to compare
> > costs, it
> > makes sense to throw out the set of services that are not common
> > between public
> > and private schools. Then we'd be closer to an apples to apples
> > comparison.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -Ed Evans
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