With budget season underway the annual debate about per-pupil spending will rear it's head once again in Cheshire. I'll break down this statistic over the next month and explain how the state calculates this measure. But in the meantime, this article by the CT Post is rather interesting, worth reading: http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Little-correlation-found-between-per-pupil-823833.php
"Ansonia students outperform their counterparts in Derby on nearly every statistical measure. But Derby spent an average of $11,513 per pupil in the 2008-09 school year, the last where statewide figures are available, $1,252 more than in Ansonia."
"Shelton spent nearly $2,100 less per student than Milford did in that same year, but got higher results on two standardized tests and saw a higher percentage of high school students graduate."
"A local school district can only afford to do so much, said Thomas Murphy, spokesman for the state Department of Education. While he does find a relationship between resources and performance, those resources are not always financial, Murphy said. "What people do not include in the equation are the resources in the home, for example parents with a high school or college education, parents who speak and read English, books in the home, the Internet, time and money to travel, to go to museums and theater, and to pay for preschool, music, sports or other private lessons.''
Cheshire is not mentioned in the article.
5 comments:
Ansonia students outperform their counterparts
Was Anne Giddings the Asst Sptd in Ansonia? She's well-known for her frugality... something useful, especially nowadays.
And I'm a believer that you must practice what you preach. I'll never forget this big-to-do energy conference I went to in Washington in March 2008. There were both vendors and many international pols there. At one point, I was in the same room with GW Bush.
Anyway, I thought the vendors were fantastic. The pols on the other hand...
One night I stayed until the very end. And as the convention hall staff were clearing the hall, I was headed to the metro. And where are the "delegates" headed? They're waiting at the taxi stand. I'd love to have gotten a shot of that one and done a mailer to each of their constituents.
Looking forward to your explanation of how the state calculates the numbers. There's always such an emphasis on this number come budget time.
8:43 please provide a link that clearly demonstrates your assertion... without it, your comment is pure nonsense.
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