Kentucky School News and Commentary: Scores Drop on Ky.'s ...

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Results from new state tests in Kentucky?the first in the nation explicitly tied to the Common Core State Standards?show that the share of students scoring ?proficient? or better in reading and math dropped by roughly a third or more in both elementary and middle school the first year the tests were given.

Kentucky in 2010 was the first state to adopt the common core in English/language arts and mathematics, and the assessment results released last week for the 2011-12 school year are being closely watched by school officials and policymakers nationwide for what they may reveal about how the common standards may affect student achievement in coming years. So far, 46 states have adopted the English/language arts common standards; 45 states have done so in math.

Two federally funded consortia are working on assessments based on the common standards, and those tests are not slated to be fully ready for schools until 2014-15. But Kentucky?s tests are generally understood to be linked to the common core.

?What you?re seeing in Kentucky is a predictor of what you?re going to see in the other states, as the assessments roll out next year and the year after,? said Gene Wilhoit, the executive director of the Washington-based Council of Chief State School Officers, which spearheaded the common-core initiative along with the National Governors Association. Mr. Wilhoit was also previously Kentucky?s education commissioner.

Falling Scores

The drop in Kentucky?s scores conform to what state education officials had expected: that students in grades 3-8 taking the new, more-rigorous Kentucky Performance Rating of Education Progress, or K-PREP, would not be able to reach their achievement levels of prior years. Kentucky began implementing the common standards in the 2011-12 school year.

The biggest drop came at the elementary level. On the previous Kentucky Core Content Tests, 76 percent of elementary students scored proficient or higher in reading in the 2010-11 school year. That percentage plunged to 48 percent for the K-PREP results in the 2011-12 school year, a drop-off in proficiency of more than a third.

In 2010-11, 73 percent of elementary students were proficient or better in math, but that fell to 40.4 percent. That drop represents a 45 percent decline in the share of proficient students.

Middle schoolers? decline was a little less steep. In reading, they dropped from a 70 percent proficiency level in 2010-11 to 46.8 percent in 2011-12, a decline of a third. In math, proficiency-or-better levels declined slightly more than that, from 65 percent in 2010-11 to 40.6 percent in 2011-12.

Overall, students in grades 3-8 demonstrated somewhat higher proficiency levels in reading than in math.

When new tests are introduced, states can expect scores to fall in most cases, said Douglas McRae, a retired assessment designer who helped build California?s testing system. ?When you change the measure, change the tests, then you interrupt the continuity of trend data over time. That?s the fundamental thing that happens,? he said.

Kentucky developed its tests in conjunction with Pearson, the New York City-based education and testing company, which is also crafting curricula for the common core.

K-PREP does not represent the final, polished version of common-core assessments. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium are designing the tests that most states have signed on to for gauging students? mastery of the common standards nationwide beginning in the 2014-15 school year. (Kentucky belongs to the PARCC consortium.)

But Mr. Wilhoit said K-PREP represents the state?s best effort, along with Pearson?s, ?to develop an assessment that was representative of the common core.?

Proficiency drops also occurred in the end-of-course tests in reading and math Kentucky administered to high school students. But those declines were smaller than those in the earlier grades, and a state study shows that while the K-PREP tests are completely aligned with the common standards, the high school end-of-course tests (from the ACT QualityCore program) are only about 80 percent to 85 percent aligned to the standards.

The proficiency level in high school reading dropped from 65 percent to 52.2 percent (a figure 6 percentage points higher than the state?s prediction), based on the end-of-course tests, while proficiency in math fell from 46 percent to 40 percent on the Algebra 2 test, beating the state?s prediction by 4 percentage points.

Commissioner?s Take

Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday said that students beat the state?s predictions for both the K-PREP and end-of-course exams. Using a statistical model that predicted ACT performance based on academic results in reading and math in 2011, for example, the state estimated a 36 percentage-point drop in elementary reading scores in 2011-12, instead of the actual 28-point drop.

?We?re just a little bit above our prediction, which I think is a pretty good testament to our teaching,? Mr. Holliday said.

Earlier exposure to the common standards, he suggested, would help younger students at first.

?It?s going to take a little longer to see middle and high school growth on these tests,? Mr. Holliday said. ?It?ll take about five years to see an overall growth of significance at all levels.?

But based on national benchmarks, the new K-PREP tests may not have been rigorous enough, said Richard Innes, an education policy analyst at the Bluegrass Institute, a conservative-leaning Lexington, Ky.-based think tank.

In a report released the week of Oct. 29 for the institute, Mr. Innes compared the K-PREP math scores for 8th graders this year (41.5 percent proficient or better) with the results on the ACT Explore test this year (30.5 percent) and the National Assessment of Educational Progress proficiency levels in 2011 (31 percent).

?There are questions in my mind as to whether they are rigorous enough in several areas,? he said. Different subject tests appeared to have been more rigorous in different grade levels, Mr. Innes said. The math in middle schools appears to be the subject where K-PREP is less rigorous than NAEP or Explore tests, he noted. He drew the same conclusion about K-PREP reading results at the elementary school level.

One number that went up: the proportion of students qualifying as college and/or career ready, which rose to 47 percent in 2011-12, from 38 percent the previous year. Mr. Holliday attributed that rise to the state creating more career pathways and bringing more introductory college courses to high school seniors to prevent the need for postsecondary remediation.

?To get that much improvement in the first year is extraordinary, I think,? said Bob King, the president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, based in Frankfort, Ky.

Preparing the Public

To combat a potential public backlash from the lower scores, Mr. Holliday noted that he had enlisted the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce as part of a yearlong public relations campaign.

Florida schools earlier this year endured a significant backlash when proficiency rates on its state writing tests dropped by two-thirds after a tougher grading system was introduced, forcing the state school board to change the test?s cutoff score retroactively.

?We knew the scores were going to drop, but this is the right thing for our kids, our schools,? he said. ?You?re going to see quite a different reaction in Kentucky because we watched what happened everywhere else,? Mr. Holliday said.

But the transition for schools can be disappointing for some, especially in the short term. Carmen Coleman, the superintendent of the Danville Independent district, said she was proud of how the school system had progressed over the past three years from a ranking of 110th to 24th among the state?s 174 districts, only to tumble back to the middle of the pack in the newest rankings of school districts.

?It?s a tough blow for teachers and students,? she said.

The Kentucky PTA has received grant money from the National PTA to educate parents and others about the new standards, but the state group?s president, Teri Gale, said it doesn?t mean people won?t be caught off guard by the lower-than-usual results.

?They?ve heard us talk about it. They?ve seen the newscasts and everything,? Ms. Gale said. ?But until they actually see the scores, I don?t think it?s going to hit home that this is what we were talking about.

Related story at State Ed Watch:

So we've provided you with a lot of election coverage here at Education Week, but this week perhaps the biggest piece of K-12 news comes from Kentucky, when the first set of results from tests based on the Common Core State Standards have been released.

You can read my story on the results here. The highlight is that proficiency rates on the K-PREP tests for grades 3-8 dropped by roughly a third from their 2011 levels, although in middle school math the plunge reached 45 percent. But when I spoke to him, state Education Commissioner Terry Holliday said that Bluegrass State students actually beat the predictions for how well they would score, and attributed that relative success to the good teaching in classrooms this year, the first the common standards were implemented in Kentucky.

Is Holliday right? Or are the tests (which are not the common core tests being developed by the two state consortia for 2014-15) not really as rigorous as they should be? Both points of view are represented in my story. But there's no doubt school officials across the country are looking at the results, which could be a sign of things to come for administrators, parents, teachers and students used to seeing relatively high proficiency rates on accountability tests.

Source: http://theprincipal.blogspot.com/2012/11/scores-drop-on-kys-common-core-aligned.html

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PFT: Chargers stick up for Turner with win

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These are tough times for the two biggest names in Charlotte sports.

But the older one had some advice for the younger one, as former NBA star and current Bobcats owner Michael Jordan said Panthers quarterback Cam Newton can?t put too much pressure on himself.

?Obviously he?s trying to put a lot of things on his back and that?s human nature,? Jordan told Tom Sorensen of the Charlotte Observer. ?Sometimes when you expect so many great things you want to carry that burden yourself. And its virtually impossible.

?He?s going to have to get the support of his team ? obviously the organization is supporting him ? and grind through this.?

Jordan and Newton are neighbors in the same Charlotte high-rise, and they?re both hoping for better days.

The Bobcats are coming off the NBA?s all-time worst winning percentage (.106, a 7-59 record last year), and they lost the draft lottery and missed out on once-per-generation big man Anthony Davis.

The Panthers are 1-6, and have fired a general manager and are poised for a huge makeover this offseason, meaning local fans don?t have much to celebrate.

But Jordan said Newton needs to make sure he?s doing everything he can to turn that around.

?He?s got to look at himself in the mirror,? Jordan said. ?Every leader in any scenario always must look himself in the mirror and say, ?Can I do more?? or ?What can I do to enhance the scenario with my teammates to pull them along?? or do whatever I can to try to make the situation better.

?That would be my advice. Look yourself in the mirror and say OK, evaluate what I?m doing, evaluate what needs to be done and see what I can do to help.?

Of course, Jordan didn?t win six NBA titles by himself, as he needed a Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman, but more importantly, a Phil Jackson.

The Panthers at the moment look like a Tim Floyd-coached team, which means that much more pressure on Newton himself.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/02/rivers-chargers-stick-up-for-their-coach-after-win/related

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Factbox: Mitt Romney, Republican presidential candidate

(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, is pursuing the White House for the second time.

Here are key facts about him.

- Romney, 65, espouses traditional Republican positions to cut taxes, reduce federal regulations, shrink government spending and bolster the U.S. military. He vows to create 12 million new jobs in his first term with a plan focused on domestic energy development, expanded free trade, improving education, reducing the deficit and championing small business.

- He lost the 2008 Republican presidential nomination to Senator John McCain but entered this year's race with a large campaign war chest and the blessing of many in the party establishment. Conservative unease over his reputation as a moderate led to a stiff challenge in the Republican primaries.

- His net worth has been estimated at between $190 million and $250 million, making him one of the wealthiest people to ever run for the presidency. Romney has been attacked for holding money overseas and for not disclosing as many tax releases as his opponents have demanded.

- Romney proposes to lower individual income taxes across the board to 20 percent while closing some loopholes, which he says would stimulate economic growth without widening the deficit. He supports restructuring the Social Security retirement program and the Medicare health entitlement for the elderly.

- He is a fifth-generation member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or Mormon church. He was a Mormon missionary in France for more than two years after leaving high school and later became bishop and stake president in Boston, roles akin to being a lay pastor. His faith, however, is viewed with suspicion by some conservative evangelical Christians.

- Born into a well-off family and raised near Detroit, Romney was exposed to politics early. His father, George, was chairman of American Motors Corporation and governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969. George Romney lost a bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 and served in President Richard Nixon's Cabinet.

- In 1994, the younger Romney ran for a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts as a moderate Republican, but was handily defeated by incumbent Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy. Eight years later, Romney was elected governor of Massachusetts, where he instituted a statewide healthcare reform that became a model for Obama's 2010 national healthcare overhaul.

- In 1999, Romney took over as head of the committee organizing the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, which had been plagued by cost overruns and scandal, and produced a successful event that helped establish his national reputation as a premier problem-solver.

- As his party moved to the right, Romney changed his positions on sensitive social issues, including abortion and gay rights. That fueled criticism that he lacked core beliefs and was motivated only by ambition. Romney referred to himself as "severely conservative" during the 2012 primaries but has projected a moderate image during the general election campaign.

- Romney met his wife, Ann, at a high school dance and they married in 1969, while they were still in college. They have five sons and 18 grandchildren. Romney has an English degree from Utah's Brigham Young University, which is owned and run by the Mormon church, and a joint law degree and MBA from Harvard. He speaks French.

- Romney joined the management consultancy Bain & Company in 1977 and climbed the ranks, and in 1984 co-founded the highly profitable private equity arm Bain Capital, which invested in start-ups and fledgling companies including Staples, Sports Authority and Domino's Pizza. Critics have highlighted the number of jobs Bain cut while Romney was at its helm.

- Romney has battled a reputation for being uncomfortable and stiff when campaigning and somewhat aloof when relating to ordinary Americans. The New York Times once described his campaign persona as "All-Business Man, the world's most boring superhero."

- He has little foreign policy experience. He stumbled in August during a gaffe-filled trip to Britain, Israel and Poland that was meant to burnish his credentials on the world stage. He has labeled Russia as America's "number one geopolitical foe" and said that preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear capability should be Washington's highest national security priority.

(Compiled by Americas Desk; Editing by Paul Simao)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/factbox-mitt-romney-republican-presidential-candidate-223833796--finance.html

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Wall Street jumps 1 percent on strong labor market data

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks climbed 1 percent on Thursday after both weekly jobless claims and data on growth in private-sector jobs pointed to improving labor market conditions a day before the government's closely watched monthly jobs report.

Equities extended gains throughout the morning, though volume remained soft in the aftermath of the massive storm Sandy in the U.S. northeast, which forced a historic two-day market closure at the beginning of the week.

Weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fell in the latest week, dropping to 363,000 from a revised 372,000 in the previous week. Separately, payrolls processor ADP reported that private employers added 158,000 in October, far more than had been expected. The ADP report was based on a different methodology than previous months, which could impact comparisons.

"There is a general trend of things getting more positive, which should help stocks and the economy at large going forward," said Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist at Key Private Bank in Cleveland, Ohio.

Markets are still recovering from the aftermath of Sandy, which wreaked havoc up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard and forced financial markets to close Monday and Tuesday. Trading could still be volatile, with many market participants unable to reach their offices and some working from home amid ongoing power outages and limited mass transit.

Still, some stocks sparked heavy trading.

JDA Software Group , a maker of supply-chain management software, soared 17 percent to $44.79 after it agreed to be bought by privately held rival RedPrairie Corp for about $1.9 billion in cash.

Pfizer Inc , which delayed the release of its quarterly results because of the storm, posted revenue that fell far short of expectations, sending shares down 1.3 percent to $24.55. Exxon Mobil Corp , which like Pfizer is a Dow component, slipped 0.2 percent after reporting a drop in quarterly profit. Exxon's profit topped expectations, but its oil and gas output declined more than expected.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.dji> was up 158.32 points, or 1.21 percent, at 13,254.78. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.spx> was up 14.48 points, or 1.03 percent, at 1,426.64. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.ixic> was up 40.79 points, or 1.37 percent, at 3,018.02.

It was the best daily gain for both the Dow and S&P 500 since September 13 and comes after the S&P fell 2 percent in October, breaking a four-month streak of gains.

In other economic data, private industry group the Conference Board reported U.S. consumer confidence rose to a four-year high in October, at 72.2, though the result was slightly under expectations. The government reported construction spending rose 0.6 percent in September, as forecast. A private survey showed U.S. manufacturing conditions rose in September to the best levels since May.

Overseas markets were higher, with Europe boosted by strong results from such companies as Royal Dutch Shell and Chinese shares posting their strongest daily gains in more than three weeks on bullish data.

U.S. shares of Sony Corp rose 0.5 percent to $11.80 after the Japanese company posted a profit in its latest quarter and affirmed its full-year view.

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(Editing by Leslie Adler)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/wall-street-ends-flat-tech-shares-dip-sandy-042840406--finance.html

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Another superstorm casualty: Trick-or-treating

NEW YORK (AP) ? Seventh-grader Samantha Bertolino was especially proud of her Halloween costume this year. She was going to be a vampire, and she really had it together this time: The black dress, the spider-web earrings, fake blood, white face paint, and some cool, sparkly clip-on nails.

But the costume will stay in the closet for a while: Samantha's town of Ridgefield, Conn., has postponed Halloween due to the ravages of Superstorm Sandy. The town is planning to reschedule, pending the success of cleanup efforts.

But it won't be the same, Samantha says: "It's kind of like trying to reschedule Christmas. You can't really do that."

From the wrath of nature to the wrath of young children: From Maryland to Kentucky to Maine, Halloween festivities were being canceled or postponed. And a debate emerged: Should we be celebrating, anyway, in the face of the devastation? Or is celebrating just the right thing to do for antsy kids who've been cooped up at home (and out of school) for days?

Perhaps the most high-profile postponement was that of New York's huge parade in Greenwich Village, with its outlandish floats and millions of revelers, mainly adults. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city's police were simply too taxed with Sandy's aftermath. (Trick-or-treating, the mayor said, could go ahead as long as caution and good judgment were used.)

It was the first time the parade had been canceled in its 39-year history, said Jeanne Fleming, who has directed the event for 32 of those years, including this one. (Also being canceled was a much-loved parade in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn.)

"We went on right after 9/11," said Fleming. "It was a wonderful affirmation of New York's spirit." Still, she added, she understood the factors that went into Bloomberg's decision.

"Even after 9/11, people had electricity, the subways were running," she said. "And I do wonder if it would have been the right thing for the people of Greenwich Village." Much of lower Manhattan below 39th street is still plunged in darkness.

Fleming was spending Wednesday in discussions about a possible new date next week; options mentioned were Nov. 7 and Nov. 8, she said, which presented another complication: "I can imagine people staying up all night watching election returns, and then having a parade," she noted.

Speaking of the election, President Barack Obama and wife Michelle were also changing plans, breaking their three-year tradition of passing out sweets to area students and military children in the White House driveway.

The White House said the hundreds of treat bags, each containing a box of White House M&Ms, a pumpkin-shaped sugar cookie, jelly beans and some dried fruit, would be delivered to the White House Military Office and D.C., Maryland and Virginia school districts.

For some communities, the rescheduling compounded past disappointments. In Ridgefield, Halloween was postponed last year, too, due to an early snowstorm that brought down trees and caused widespread power outages. As was trick-or-treating in Londonderry, N.H., which also rescheduled this year.

"They were very sad," said Cheryl Hass, a Londonderry mom, of her daughters, ages 8 and 10. "Once you explain why, they understand, but they're still disappointed."

Since dates for a rescheduled Halloween varied by city, county or town, some parents were mollifying their kids by promising dual (or triple) celebrations.

One was Kelsey Banfield of Fairfield, Conn., who lost power and relocated to her parents' house in Cooperstown, N.Y., on Tuesday. She said her 4-year-old daughter would celebrate there and then on Nov. 7, back home.

Also planning some double-dipping was Amber Korell of Greensboro, Md., where trick-or-treating was set for Friday. Korell said she'd told her 4-year-old daughter, Layla, that they'd also hit the town of nearby Denton, which was celebrating on Saturday; that way, she'd get to wear her costume twice.

In many places, like the upper part of Manhattan, where power was never lost, trick-or-treating was largely going ahead, even though school wasn't: Bloomberg announced Wednesday that schools would be closed the rest of the week, much to the delight of children and the frustration of parents.

In New Jersey, though, which sustained much damage, Gov. Chris Christie postponed Halloween until next Monday ? though not all towns were necessarily keeping to that schedule. One building, a condo in the flooded city of Hoboken, was getting in a little early celebrating ? at 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Kathy Zucker, the condo president, said she had three children under the age of 6.

"They are going a little stir crazy," she said.

Of course, adults who were going stir crazy and looking for kid-inappropriate entertainment had additional options ? especially in New York. For example, there was the off-Broadway show "Silence," a profane and hilarious send-up of the movie "Silence of the Lambs." The show was offering a "Halloween package" involving dinner, the show and a haunted house tour.

And if you like drag costumes, there was the Halloween Drag Costume party at the Christie's exhibition gallery, celebrating an upcoming sale of Andy Warhol works. The private (sorry) party described the dress code as "Factory Chic, Halloween Drag."

Back to more family friendly activities: Some towns offered alternatives to trick-or-treating. The well-known aquarium in Mystic, Conn., offered families without power at home the chance to trick-or-treat among the beluga whales, penguins and sharks.

And the city of Brunswick, Ohio, south of Cleveland, was holding an free indoor "Frankenstorm Party" at the local recreation center, to complement trick-or-treating outside.

"It's an alternative if they don't want to go out in the weather," said Diane Grabowski, an assistant to the parks and recreation director.

While some parents felt that celebrating just wasn't the right thing to do when people had suffered as a result of the storm, others felt the postponement was unnecessary.

"It's Halloween and the weather's not that bad," said Mandy Haynoski of Wellsville, in western New York. "So why not have trick-or-treating as normal?" Though the town came through the storm with relatively few problems, officials decided to postpone Halloween until Sunday afternoon.

"What's trick-or-treating without being out at night with the Halloween lights and the pumpkins lit up?" Haynoski asked. "It's just more fun on Halloween." Not to mention, she added, the Buffalo Bills-Houston Texans football game Sunday, which now coincides with Halloween.

"Nobody's going to answer their doors when the football game's going on," she said.

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Jessica Gresko in Salisbury, Md., Michael Melia and Pat Eaton-Robb in Hartford, Conn., Carolyn Thompson in Buffalo, N.Y., Lynne Tuohy in Concord, N.H., and Kantele Franko in Columbus, Ohio, contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/another-superstorm-casualty-trick-treating-213909764.html

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Italian Bond Auction October 30 - Business Insider

There's been some nervousness about Italy lately, since Silvio Berlusconi (smarting from his 4-year prison sentence) threatened to get back into politics and topple the existing Monti government.

But markets are pretty blase about it.

Italy just had a strong auction. Bloomberg's Linda Yuen tweets the stats: " Italy sold 10 year benchmark bonds at 4.92%, lowest since May 2011, vs 5.24% on Sept 27, also new sold 5 year bond at 3.8% vs 4.09% in Sept "

Here's a chart of 10-year yields going back a year. From Bloomberg:

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/italian-bond-auction-october-30-2012-10

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Nokia says shipping new Lumia smartphones this week

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