Tuesday, November 12, 2002 :::
Schools Receive $10,000 For Improved Test Scores (WBBM seems to have removed the link)
Sixty Chicago public schools are reaping the rewards of their significant improvement on test scores with receipt of $10,000 each.
Schools chief Arne Duncan had previously announced the plan to give schools the private grants as part of an ongoing push for accountability and a change in emphasis from raw scores to year-to-year progress. Duncan was set to name all 60 schools on Tuesday.
This stands in contrast to the world reflected by the Simpsons:
Edna: Remember, class: the worse you do
on this standardized test, the more
funding the school gets, so don't
knock yourselves out.
If we want to fund the schools that "need it" more than the ones that don't, the way to do so is to reward poverty rather than failure, and hope that the sort who are inclined in that direction won't be thinking long-term enough to seek the rewards of the former.
::: posted by dWj at 10:47 AM
