If presented within
context, my message is that “for some students within the lowest
quartile of test takers who have serious handicapping conditions, ‘it is
just about too much to ask” that they be held to the standard — the
numerical gradient of growth — expected of the general population of
students. Given the severe handicapping conditions that affect some of
our lowest academic achievers, even a more modest level of achievement
may be a stretch.”
—David Goin, Edmond
Goin is superintendent of Edmond Public Schools.
