Comments on: Escambia County Graduation Rate Moves Upward. Here’s How Each County High School Did.

By: Bonnie Exner

Bonnie Exner — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 22:05:47 +0000

My UWF graduate professor said it best….
FIGURES CAN LIE AND LIARS CAN FIGURE
EDUCATION became a slippery slope when so much emphasis was put on arbitrary tests scores..then you mix in the element of state funds granted by the rankings of these test scores results, and you don’t get an accurate picture of students’ growth..this is in no way a slam on the teachers,administration, school boards, etc,..it’s the direct result of the mindset of national and state legislators who view students as an moldable product instead of a multifaceted human being.

By: Alarmed

Alarmed — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 22:19:45 +0000

Steve and Citizen: You are correct.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 18:57:44 +0000

Hard to believe this high of a percentage is actually passing the classes and not just being pushed up and out, so that federal money keeps rolling in.

By: Citizen

Citizen — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 13:45:17 +0000

Not to disparage the hard work of administrators, teachers, support personnel, or students, because most of them certainly work very hard.
But these graduation rates are most indicative of Escambia School District’s new mission, which is “find a way for them to pass” even if a student hasn’t even come close to a passing grade, as well as a lack of consequences for ongoing discipline problems and serious offenses.

Of course every student should be given every opportunity to do well, pass, and graduate. But social promotion has become standard practice.