Depends on the state and the district. A few months ago, I was researching what the population of a small rural school would be in a red state (Oklahoma to be exact). One thing led to another, and I was in the state's statistics for funding and what their reading/math scores for HS graduates. And over a 20 year period during which the f…
Depends on the state and the district. A few months ago, I was researching what the population of a small rural school would be in a red state (Oklahoma to be exact). One thing led to another, and I was in the state's statistics for funding and what their reading/math scores for HS graduates. And over a 20 year period during which the funding for those schools went into a steep decline, the scores went from an 80+ percentile in reading/math for graduates to the 20s. I suspect that has happened in more than one state. And now we've got politicians in the states in an uproar because the textbooks had mentioned a black mathematics educator in them.
Depends on the state and the district. A few months ago, I was researching what the population of a small rural school would be in a red state (Oklahoma to be exact). One thing led to another, and I was in the state's statistics for funding and what their reading/math scores for HS graduates. And over a 20 year period during which the funding for those schools went into a steep decline, the scores went from an 80+ percentile in reading/math for graduates to the 20s. I suspect that has happened in more than one state. And now we've got politicians in the states in an uproar because the textbooks had mentioned a black mathematics educator in them.