[Vision2020] Re: Vision2020 digest, Vol 1 #355 - 12 msgs

[Tom Hansen]

Mr. Danahy -

Your assertion would be true in an honors program where all students read
above grade level.  Unlike private schools, public schools cannot be so
selective.

Tom Hansen

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
> Behalf Of John Danahy
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 9:09 PM
> To: 'Thomas Hansen'; vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Re: Vision2020 digest, Vol 1 #355 - 12 msgs
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>
> Perhaps you do not understand the term "reading at grade level".  This
> is not an average, but a standard.  Thus any student falling below this
> standard is not positive.  To use your terms, in an evenly distributed
> Gaussian curve, reading at grade level would be represented by the
> farthest point to the left of center.
> John