Teaching

[Griff]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

I don't have any understanding what is ASD, or what makes for a "green" day in this child's life.

Sorry, Autism Spectrum Disorder and his teacher's color code short hand for how his day went.

That is, his "test score" may not be "passing", but it's only a number.
But if it's a valid number across schools and states, then resources
might be better used or created to have a better outcome for John.

Like Clod said his teacher, assuming competence, is using both formative and summative assessments in the classroom. Distributing resources is a whole other tar baby but not one validating child abuse.

New York State is under a court order to address the spending gap on students between poor and rich districts. They are ignoring the court order. If you dig around in the numbers it becomes apparent that poor rural and urban districts, which are the only places where New York's system is failing, are under-funded. New York uses mostly property taxes to fund schools but they also have formulas for construction etc... to send extra money to districts that often ends up going to richer districts. You have limited resources in the areas where education is generally less valued. That in my mind is the real problem.