From The Alexandria Times, October 3, 2024. And, click below to watch Agenda: Alexandria's September 23 program "How Are the Kids Doing and How Many Are Coming?" on Alexandria's public schools.
Mark: As you know I with two others started the tutoring Consortium years ago. It first helped young struggling students but almost as important it got community members into the schools. 30 years. later it is still going strong. I took the liberty of forwarding this to a dozen educators across the country. It is really good.
I think this is a needed addition (and shout out to Alexandria Tutoring Consortium - volunteered with them for years) but I think this is a “both and” situation. We need to see the data on progress- how much have schools moved kids’ skills and knowledge - but also where students are with respect to achievement. If we think these benchmarks for achievement are necessary to see if kids have learned what they need to, we still need to know how many kids are meeting them and not.
Mark: As you know I with two others started the tutoring Consortium years ago. It first helped young struggling students but almost as important it got community members into the schools. 30 years. later it is still going strong. I took the liberty of forwarding this to a dozen educators across the country. It is really good.
I think this is a needed addition (and shout out to Alexandria Tutoring Consortium - volunteered with them for years) but I think this is a “both and” situation. We need to see the data on progress- how much have schools moved kids’ skills and knowledge - but also where students are with respect to achievement. If we think these benchmarks for achievement are necessary to see if kids have learned what they need to, we still need to know how many kids are meeting them and not.