So I come across this story that the standardized tests on the state level are not on par with the same type of tests that are given nationally. The examples given were that in Mississippi, 89% of students tested proficient or higher in reading at the state level exam, but only 18% were proficient or higher based on the national level.
Flustered, I googled the national rankings of states for education. I eventually found a site that gave me what I wanted, a quantifiable number assigned to each state based on their educational performance (http://www.morganquitno.com/edrank.htm). After viewing the info, I turned to the "Factors" on which the ranking is based, and I was shocked to read the requirements.
There are 13 possible "factors" that will give positive numbers. Out of those 13, 6 of them have to do with these standardized tests. I looked over all the "factors" and I realized...the standardized tests only work POSITIVELY instead of negatively. For example the percentage of 8th graders that test "proficient or better" in reading counts as positive points for the state's education system; but the percentage of those who fail aren't counted against. Now I realize that if they counted both, it would only inflate the difference between "smart" and "dumb" states. However, if you look at the actual numbers, it's quite depressing.
There are 13 ways to get positive points, and 8 ways to lose points, and those 8 "factors" don't even have to do with the failing of standarized tests.
28 out of 50 states have negative scores. Their actual performance isn't even counted against them, and over 50% of American States are recieving negative scores.
Some state education officials are crying that the federal standard of proficiency -- competency over challenging subject matter -- is too high. I wouldn't buy that bullshit arguement even if the US was number 1 worldwide in terms of primary education. Turns out, we aren't number 1...it turns out the only thing we're number one at is wasting money and not getting any fucking results.
In a 2005 research, the US posted an impressive 24th out of 29 nations on a test given to all 29 nations. Well, this must be because our national standards are far too high...hey where did you go you fucking faggot state officials?
The problem: we as Americans don't give a shit about our education. It's only reinforced when we elect a man who has no more than a squirrel, a dirty sock, and an empty can of Budweiser in his head, as our president. We have to stop the idea that anyone can be successful in the US. That, and the whole "self esteem, it's the effort that counts" mentality that has plagued our schools for far too long.
God forbid we tell our students that they can't read and write properly. God forbid we tell them that their efforts are complete garbage if they don't have any results. God forbid our education system take some fucking initiative and FUCKING FAIL SOME STUDENTS!
Even without reading the contents of the "No Child Left Behind" I know what it's about. It's about dumbing down the material in classrooms so that some halfwitted inbred piece of shit doesn't fail. Hey I got a solution to that problem, shoot the kid in the face so that he doesn't pollute the genepool of non-retards. Don't get me wrong, retarded and handicapped people are fine, but normal people who are too stupid, too lazy, or too stubborn to accept failure are not fine. They're a burden, a drain, the next "Vehicular Dining Attendee Specialist", which is a fancy saying for some fuck-up, drop-out who asks me if I want fries with my burger at the drive-thru.
We need these people to do the shitty jobs non-idiots don't want to do...we just don't need them in our schools. We don't need to tell them that they're going to be a raving success, we need to tell them to go get the mop and clean up the cleveland steamer that I left for them in the bathroom sink, and the ass cheese that I used to write "Lick This Off" on the mirror.
Fuck you US education system, and a big fuck you to stupid people. I hope you all die painfully, very, very painfully.
Flustered, I googled the national rankings of states for education. I eventually found a site that gave me what I wanted, a quantifiable number assigned to each state based on their educational performance (http://www.morganquitno.com/edrank.htm). After viewing the info, I turned to the "Factors" on which the ranking is based, and I was shocked to read the requirements.
There are 13 possible "factors" that will give positive numbers. Out of those 13, 6 of them have to do with these standardized tests. I looked over all the "factors" and I realized...the standardized tests only work POSITIVELY instead of negatively. For example the percentage of 8th graders that test "proficient or better" in reading counts as positive points for the state's education system; but the percentage of those who fail aren't counted against. Now I realize that if they counted both, it would only inflate the difference between "smart" and "dumb" states. However, if you look at the actual numbers, it's quite depressing.
There are 13 ways to get positive points, and 8 ways to lose points, and those 8 "factors" don't even have to do with the failing of standarized tests.
28 out of 50 states have negative scores. Their actual performance isn't even counted against them, and over 50% of American States are recieving negative scores.
Some state education officials are crying that the federal standard of proficiency -- competency over challenging subject matter -- is too high. I wouldn't buy that bullshit arguement even if the US was number 1 worldwide in terms of primary education. Turns out, we aren't number 1...it turns out the only thing we're number one at is wasting money and not getting any fucking results.
In a 2005 research, the US posted an impressive 24th out of 29 nations on a test given to all 29 nations. Well, this must be because our national standards are far too high...hey where did you go you fucking faggot state officials?
The problem: we as Americans don't give a shit about our education. It's only reinforced when we elect a man who has no more than a squirrel, a dirty sock, and an empty can of Budweiser in his head, as our president. We have to stop the idea that anyone can be successful in the US. That, and the whole "self esteem, it's the effort that counts" mentality that has plagued our schools for far too long.
God forbid we tell our students that they can't read and write properly. God forbid we tell them that their efforts are complete garbage if they don't have any results. God forbid our education system take some fucking initiative and FUCKING FAIL SOME STUDENTS!
Even without reading the contents of the "No Child Left Behind" I know what it's about. It's about dumbing down the material in classrooms so that some halfwitted inbred piece of shit doesn't fail. Hey I got a solution to that problem, shoot the kid in the face so that he doesn't pollute the genepool of non-retards. Don't get me wrong, retarded and handicapped people are fine, but normal people who are too stupid, too lazy, or too stubborn to accept failure are not fine. They're a burden, a drain, the next "Vehicular Dining Attendee Specialist", which is a fancy saying for some fuck-up, drop-out who asks me if I want fries with my burger at the drive-thru.
We need these people to do the shitty jobs non-idiots don't want to do...we just don't need them in our schools. We don't need to tell them that they're going to be a raving success, we need to tell them to go get the mop and clean up the cleveland steamer that I left for them in the bathroom sink, and the ass cheese that I used to write "Lick This Off" on the mirror.
Fuck you US education system, and a big fuck you to stupid people. I hope you all die painfully, very, very painfully.
posted by Daltonius at 12:35 AM
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