Testing, Schooling, (In)Equality

1) If you have cognitive skills, then you will succeed in the economy.

2) Schooling gives you those cognitive skills.

therefore,

1) If you have cognitive skills, then you will succeed in the economy

2) Good schools give you these cognitive skills.

3) Good schools score highly on their Performance Index on high-stakes standardized tests.

therefore,

School	Performance Index	Median Household Income	Area/neighborhood/suburb
Andrew J. Rickoff School	53.3%	$14,704	Kinsman
Boulevard Elementary school	85.7%	$73,711	Shaker Heights
Mound Elementary School	47.4%	$29, 202	(East) South Broadway
Hayes Elementary School	81.8%	$43,218	Lakewood City

Class data set assignment: Does performance on NCLB mandated tests vary with median household income?

1) Find the performance index of a school you work at, a friend works at, or in your area. (Ohio Report Cards resource)

2) Find the median household income for the area (suburb or neighborhood) where the school is located. (Census Bureau or City-Data.com)

3) Compare that relationship to three other schools in different areas around Cuyahoga County.

In two weeks I will come around to each blog and collect your data set, which will have four rows and two columns, like the above. If it turns out that the test scores vary with household income, teachers cannot be held responsible for those low test scores. Rather, those who control the relations of production must be held accountable for the unequal distribution of income which possibly causes those low scores.