Barbara Haney
249:55 - 250:07
“This sentence on page 9 is the only stated basis for folding correspondence programs into brick-and-mortar frameworks. Please remove it.”
- Speaker
- Barbara Haney
- Timestamp
- 249:55 – 250:07
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
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From the transcript
You can't claim a significant advantage you can't measure. The parent teaching the child already knows that the child— what the child is doing and what they know. Families who want to opt into a benchmark test can, but if the point of the test is to inform the parents of the student's progress and the parent is the teacher, they don't necessarily need a test. This sentence on page 9 is the only stated basis for folding correspondence programs into brick-and-mortar frameworks. Please remove it.
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