Last spring, our superintendent and assistant superintendent made a presentation to the SAU 9 board in relation to the increasingly discouraging results of assessment tests. Arguing that the results of standardized tests don't present a complete picture of educational achievement, they proposed using "multiple data points to monitor growth and achievement."
It was my impression at the time that their proposals consisted mainly of information that would reflect more positively on local schools than the results of state assessment tests. There was, for example, a reference to the number of kids participating in sports and other extracurricular — excuse me, "co-curricular" — activities. They also mentioned monitoring the number of graduates who go on to college, and keeping track of those who return for a second year.
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