http://blog.core-ed.net/greg/2009/08/school-vs-learning-and-more-on-assessment.html My journey in the evolving world of ICT's, Learning and Teaching... Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:34:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://blog.core-ed.net/greg/2009/08/school-vs-learning-and-more-on-assessment.html/comment-page-1#comment-1161 Pete Hall Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:43:28 +0000 http://blog.core-ed.net/greg/?p=1016#comment-1161 Hurdles are a good analogy... no matter how high they're set, you still come down to the same level you started at. I really see the problem of 'someone HAS to be at the bottom' when we consider setting delusional goals of consistently expecting all students to achieve above average results. Average has a meaning.. and it hangs out with the bell curve. You move that curve.... you move everything... you move the middle.. you move the top.. AND you move the bottom. But the bottom's still there. I DO think we can set bold goals, and that we can strive to do better than other comparative averages such as National norms, but we need to keep that in check. Above average means just that. It's ABOVE where we expect most kids to achieve. Hurdles are a good analogy… no matter how high they’re set, you still come down to the same level you started at. I really see the problem of ’someone HAS to be at the bottom’ when we consider setting delusional goals of consistently expecting all students to achieve above average results. Average has a meaning.. and it hangs out with the bell curve. You move that curve…. you move everything… you move the middle.. you move the top.. AND you move the bottom. But the bottom’s still there.
I DO think we can set bold goals, and that we can strive to do better than other comparative averages such as National norms, but we need to keep that in check. Above average means just that. It’s ABOVE where we expect most kids to achieve.

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