Comments on Our Loudoun Schools: LCPS Evaluation By Testing Part 3: Graduation Rate...

Are you claiming there is a direct, positive corre...

2008-09-09T01:53:00.000-04:00

Are you claiming there is a direct, positive correlation between funding, tax rates, and educational outcomes? If that is true, please tell the parents in DC that their kids education is so much better than they seem to think it is.

Funding is important, but the evidence shows repeatedely that there are more important drivers of outcomes. This is true all over the world, and in private

Mr Stevens made this comment: particularly those (...

2008-09-08T19:33:00.000-04:00

Mr Stevens made this comment: particularly those (comments)with the "budget" tag are an elaboration on the relationship between funding and quality of education.

I have to comment about the fact that this site is named "Our Loudoun Schools" and all I've read this evening is budgets, money, land, building, etc.

I'm very disappointed about the lack of conversation regarding the

Okay--that's great for the county as a whole, but ...

2008-09-08T09:45:00.000-04:00

Okay--that's great for the county as a whole, but I'd like to see a school by school breakdown.

According to this brief introduction, the map estimates the percent of students in the 9th grade who will complete high school on time with a regular diploma. It claims to be comparable, reliable data...using data from a single federal data set.
It appears to me that the data is a few years behind (2005) and may not

Am I correct that the edweek.org map of these figu...

2008-09-07T19:57:00.000-04:00

Am I correct that the edweek.org map of these figures do not yet use the Governor's agreed upon definition of grad rate? In other words, the map of grad rates is not a standard measure from state to state...

I understood that this will be released for the first time this year - measuring all states equally.

I believe that many posts in my blog, particularly...

2008-09-07T17:25:00.000-04:00

I believe that many posts in my blog, particularly those with the "budget" tag are an elaboration on the relationship between funding and quality of education. You're right, it was a flippant statement. I reserve the right to do that on occasion.

Mr. Stevens,

Please elaborate on your state...

2008-09-07T09:58:00.000-04:00

Mr. Stevens,

Please elaborate on your statement "That's what anti-tax fervor will do for you."

I went to the link and did not see anything that shows a relationship, causal or otherwise, between levels of taxation and graduation rates. On what to you base your conclusion?

This seems to be a flippant and revealing comment on your part. I take it to mean that you think

So you have successfully justified your job is don...

2008-09-05T13:19:00.000-04:00

So you have successfully justified your job is done and no improvements can be made I suppose!

What is your position on the ~190-acre Lambert property RIGHT across Braddock Road from South Riding as a better, closer, cheaper alternative to Lenah?

Seems to demonstrate pretty clearly how incredibly incompetent LCPS Planning is at finding sites and how adept you are at spending