So why even report students’ achievement against a “proficiency” bar? As Charles Barone of Democrats for Education Reform wondered, “If percent proficient, or something like proficiency that focuses on meeting a particular standard rather than merely making progress anywhere on the continuum between abject failure and absolute superiority, is not the ultimate goal, what was the point of the past decade’s mantra of ‘college and career readiness?’” In the last few years, most states have closed the “ honesty gap.” Surely you don’t want to incentivize them to open that gap up again. This would be a huge step backwards from the gains we made thanks to new, higher standards and tougher tests. If states must lower the ratings of schools that fail to hit proficiency rate targets, even if their students are making tremendous progress over the course of the school year, states may feel pressure to lower the bar for what it means to be proficient.
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