Advancing
the Goal of Ending Education as We Know
It
As part of Asora's effort to justify it
raison d'etre we have generated a number of reports over
the past five years that address relevant issues. In one
group we have reports that are specifically focused on the
development of Asora's Stellar Schools, while in the other
group are reports more analytical in nature that explore
public policy issues of relevance and associated reform
strategies. On this page we describe the reports in this
latter category. For reports that are focused on the
development of Stellar Schools, including the business
plan, please go to Reports on
Development.
Asora®
Reports on Public Policy and
Reform
In reverse chronological order, we here
list the reports that can be downloaded. By
clicking
here, you will
be taken to the download page.
OKProfNumsFullReport_01.doc
is a report that presents
realistic NAEP scale proficiency percentages for
students in every public school in Oklahoma. The results
are obtained by removing the inflation from the numbers
reported by the state. Its clear message is that
pervasive social promotion is largely responsible for
the poor performance of these schools.
NJProfNumsLongDraft_04.doc
is a report that presents
realistic NAEP scale proficiency percentages for students
in every public school in Hudson County in New Jersey. The
results are qualitatively similar to those just mentioned
in Oklahoma.
PAProfNumsFullReport_01.doc
is a report that presents
realistic NAEP scale proficiency percentages for students
in every public school in Pennsylvania. The results were
obtained by removing the inflation from the numbers
reported by the state. As in Oklahoma, its clear message is
that pervasive social promotion is largely responsible for
the poor performance of these schools.
VenturaProfNums.doc
is a report that presents
realistic NAEP scale proficiency percentages for students
in every public school in Ventura County in California. The
results are qualitatively similar to those just mentioned
in Hudson County, New Jersey.
RIProfs2005TechReport.doc
is a recent
(but somewhat out of date) detailed report that presents
realistic NAEP scale proficiency percentages for students
in every public school and district in Rhode Island. As in
the preceding report, social promotion is endemic- even in
the least bad schools. We are currently drafting an updated
report based on 2007 testing.
RIProfs2005BasicReport.doc is an abreviated version
of the preceding entry RIProfNumsTechReport.doc.
RI_Regents_01.doc
is a one-page
presentation to the Rhode Island Board of Regents about
reforming its K-12 schools.
GrtrPvdProfNums.doc is
an older report that presents realistic NAEP scale
proficiency percentages for students in public schools in
Rhode Island and a nearby Massachusetts county. Except for
high schools, the results are reported for districts only.
PvdProfNums.doc
is an older report that
presents realistic NAEP scale proficiency percentages for
students in every public school in the city of Providence,
Rhode Island. It is similar to the preceding report but is
more detailed. It shows how student proficiencies can go as
low as 2% of students being at or above grade level.
EdReform-External-2007.doc
is a report that describes
activities that stakeholders can consider that would
indirectly and externally put pressure on schools to
improve.
EdReform-Internal-2007.doc
is a report that describes
policy changes that could revolutionize publicly supported
education.
OnStateProfNums.doc
is a report that discusses
how the states of California, Massachusetts, and Rhode
Island inflate proficiency percentages on achievement
tests, how to remove that "inflation," and then shows how
poorly American students are doing.
MapToNAEP.doc is a
report that presents the derivation of a reliable mapping
formula that removes the inflation from state reported
proficiency percentages on achievement tests.
RealDropOuts_01.doc
is a short report on real
dropout rates in public education. Think 80%.
KTChildAbuse.doc
is an essay discussing
whether public and private K-12 education systems are
sometimes, perhaps unwittingly, abusive of American
children.
ProfitableEducation.doc,
is an early report that outlined in some detail the
reasoning behind Stellar Schools.
AppendiciesProfblEd.doc
contains the appendices of
the just mentioned Profitable Education.doc wherein more
detailed analyses are presented.
Please contact us for further information about Stellar
Schools.