America's Academic Standards

[Townsend]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2011/02/17/133840634/an-eye-opening-look-at-americas-academic-standards?sc=fb&cc=fp

Oklahoma's History score (B+) was somewhat surprising to me but the Science score (F) was not.

Good thing Sally Kern's wanting to make it a truck load of crazy.  Guess we can't get any worse of a grade.

[Red Arrow]

Oklahoma's History score (B+) was somewhat surprising to me but the Science score (F) was not.

Talkin' about the good old days is worth something after all.   

[Gaspar]

Science is a tool for escaping the problems caused through ignorance of history.

[Conan71]

Science is a tool for escaping the problems caused through ignorance of history.

Science is for heathens.

NCES actually shows Oklahoma isn't far behind the national average and excels in science:

   Data From NAEP: 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009           Oklahoma   U.S. (average)*   

Scale Score, Grade 4 Math                                       237            239   
% of Students at or Above Basic - Grade 4 Math       82                     81   
% of Students at or Above Proficient - Grade 4 Math       33                     38   
% of Students at or Above Advanced - Grade 4 Math        3                      6   
Scale Score, Grade 8 Math                                       276                    282   
% of Students at or Above Basic - Grade 8 Math        68              71   
% of Students at or Above Proficient - Grade 8 Math        24                   33   
% of Students at or Above Advanced - Grade 8 Math         3                       7   
Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading                               217              220   
% of Students at or Above Basic - Grade 4 Reading        65               66   
% of Students at or Above Proficient - Grade 4 Reading   27               32   
% of Students at or Above Advanced - Grade 4 Reading     4                7   
Scale Score, Grade 8 Reading                                  260              261   
% of Students at or Above Basic - Grade 8 Reading            72              73   
% of Students at or Above Proficient - Grade 8 Reading   26                29   
% of Students at or Above Advanced - Grade 8 Reading   1                2   
Scale Score, Grade 4 Science                                           150                149   
% of Students at or Above Basic - Grade 4 Science             67                66   
% of Students at or Above Proficient - Grade 4 Science     25                27   
% of Students at or Above Advanced - Grade 4 Science      1                 2   
Scale Score, Grade 8 Science                                             147                147   
% of Students at or Above Basic - Grade 8 Science               57                  57   
% of Students at or Above Proficient - Grade 8 Science       25                   27   
% of Students at or Above Advanced - Grade 8 Science        2                   3   
Scale Score, Grade 4 Writing                                              142             153   
% of Students at or Above Basic - Grade 4 Writing               79             85   
% of Students at or Above Proficient - Grade 4 Writing       16                   27   
% of Students at or Above Advanced - Grade 4 Writing      N/A            2   
Scale Score, Grade 8 Writing                                               153           154   
% of Students at or Above Basic - Grade 8 Writing                89             87   
% of Students at or Above Proficient - Grade 8 Writing        26             31   
% of Students at or Above Advanced - Grade 8 Writing

[Red Arrow]

Science is a tool for escaping the problems caused through ignorance of history.

By building better weapons?

[Gaspar]

By building better weapons?

Not far off.  The initiation of action at a distance.

Be are barreling head long toward the singularity of technology.  It matter not what we call our tools.

[RecycleMichael]

Talkin' about the good old days is worth something after all.   

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