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

[Tom Hansen]

This may be true.  However, there are courses in both private and public
schools that are designed specifically to prepare students for the ACT
and/or SAT.

What I am suggesting simply "levels the playing field".  Results of these
tests would reflect the progress of students as they advance through the
private and public school systems, not as they simply prepare for the
ACT/SAT.

Tom Hansen
Moscow

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
> Behalf Of eevans@moscow.com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 5:57 PM
> To: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Interesting Report by S&P on Michigan's Govt
> Schools
>
>
> 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
> <snip>
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