Bluegrass Institute education analyst Richard Innes will talk education gaps Monday at 10 a.m. with Mandy Connell on Louisville’s 84WHAS.
Innes will preview his new report on academic achievement gaps between black and white students in the Jefferson County Public Schools. The report will be released Monday at 5 p.m.
Listen live here.
The Bluegrass Institute’s staff education analyst, Richard Innes, provided an update on Kentucky’s education performance to a meeting of 25 people hosted by Shelby County Republicans on October 25, 2012.
Updated with the very latest information available, Innes’ presentation makes it clear why the first test results from Kentucky’s new K-PREP assessments are expected to be, and should be, quite low.
A few of the topics Innes discussed include:
• Why state to state education data comparisons must be broken down by race, and how that looks both on the NAEP and the ACT college entrance test,
• Very low performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress mathematics and science assessments by Kentucky’s white students,
• Low performance by Kentucky’s students compared to other states which now test all graduates with the ACT college entrance test,
• A realistic picture of Kentucky’s troubling high school graduation rates, which included this new information showing US graduation rates actually were higher back over 32 years ago
and
• Kentucky’s chronic and disturbing youth unemployment situation.
Innes is available to talk to any group statewide that would like a better understanding of how Kentucky’s education system is actually performing.
Innes’ presentation slides can be viewed by clicking here.
He is available to speak to any group that would like to learn more about Kentucky’s real education performance.
Richard Innes, education analyst for the Bluegrass Institute, will be discussing the brewing test-score storm in Jefferson County Public Schools on WHAS with Mandy Connell. Be sure to tune in Monday at 9 a.m.! You can listen here.
For background information, you can read Innes’ recent comments on the situation here.
On Monday, The Bluegrass Institute held a press conference for the release of Bang for the Buck 2012. Here are comments from Jim Waters and report author Richard Innes.
Need a good example of a “diamond in the rough?” Look no further than Eminence Independent Schools in Kentucky.
cn|2 Pure Politics reported on many of the great things the school district is doing and The Bluegrass Institute profiled the school in the recently release Bang for the Buck 2012.
Eminence Independent employs many innovative techniques that help identify it as a “diamond in the rough” – a district that is efficiently providing education despite significant challenges.
Eminence Independent Schools Superintendent Buddy Berry personally conduces a significant portion of his districts professional development program – a great way of ensuring that all teachers are on the same track. In addition, the Eminence professional development sessions are videoed and are loaded onto YouTube, allowing other districts to immediately benefit from the sessions at no cost. The district even uses students in some parts of the district’s professional development program – a powerful way to facilitate good customer feedback.
This type of innovation should be a model statewide.
Bluegrass Institute education analyst Richard Innes discusses what he sees as differences and opportunities between the Kentucky Education Association and other professional organizations such as the Air Line Pilots Association.
While digital learning is certainly an untapped goldmine for education, it is not without its technical challenges. These roadblocks are part of what keeps digital learning from moving forward quickly and significantly.
In this installment of our digital learning video series, education analyst Richard Innes discusses these technical roadblocks.
Can digital learning help pave the way for school choice in Kentucky?
Richard Innes discusses in this video:
Continuing in our digital learning video series, education analyst Richard Innes is asked how he would grade Kentucky’s embrace of digital learning. The answer may surprise you…
You can view the other videos in the series here.
