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Show EDUCATION NEWS Did you use the Reality Quiz enclosed in this issue? Ho'w' ????????????? ????????????? ???????????? meny ofthe que$tion~ ·-r1ere you able to ens-.,.,er? To learn more about Uiah'e educational crhis_. \v"atch Project 2000·, veek- long 3erje~ on education. The Project 2000 Board decided that education 'w'a~ the REALITY QUIZ 1. Which leYel of go..rernment has constitutional responsibility for public edocation. federal, state mo3t c ri ti ca1 issues faci ng Utah as it 1oo k3 to'w'a rd the y~r 2000. A week-lonq ~erie~ beginning Februllry 2 -..a1ith a program., A Worm in the Ap~le.,\vhich can be viewed on KUT\' arrd KUER., will focus on the problem. or loc:al? The Salt Lake School Districfs Equivalancy Committee Report on the four Salt lake High Schools has been released. The equivalency committee was established after the high 3chool boundaries were closed in t 984 in 8n effort to offer equivalent education to all city students. The committee> w·ith representatives from the four high schools_. looked at some data including test scores., course offerings and pupil-teacher ratios. The report recognizes that test 3Co re3., a3 a measure of effective ne3s of education at the high school level~ must be judged in the light of the educational preparation of the studenb coming into a particular sy5tem. Test ::;core~ from elementary schools and middle schools v/ere also examined. The committee recommended U1at the district continue to look at test scores through i 988. They noted that numerical equity among the four high schools does not begin to solve all of the problem, of equivalent and qualit•J education in Salt Lake City. Some specific recommendations include greater consideration of the elementary and intermediate preparation of studenfa., preparation of a magter plan for the whole education 3ystem based on long range go&l:s I greater attention to the problems of minority students., fe---,1er interruptions to teaching ti me and academic counseling beginning at the elementary level. They a130 noted that if patr-on3 .. 3. What is ..recapture" and vhich three Utah school districts retUt'n money to the state by this 2. from which taxes does Utah get th.e money nee<led to support it's schools? system? 4. Which le,rel of government contrit>mes the most in funds for public education.. federal .. state or local? S_ Which state has the highest birthrate in the ne.Hon? 6. Vhat three factors contribute to Utah's crisis in education? 7 What are some of the reasons for UTah ·s economic problems? 8. Vhat if1terest groups seek to influence policymaking for education in Utah? 9. What organization is the most powerful lobby group for education in Utah? 10. 1/hat. major purpose does the public school system seek to address? 11. V,lhat are two even ts that ha-\78 had an effect on public S¢hoo1 cu:-ricutum? J admi ni$trators and teachers use the data for eval ustion 12. How have the courts influenced school and problem-solving 1n their own schools, much of the preparation of ~tudents before they enter high ~chool -w-i 11 be corrected "i n ho U3e ••. curricula? 13. Vhich state has the largest average class size in the nation? Just the collection of data has caused some "in house" corrections. In one east bench junior high, substantial progr~s 'w'as measured in one year's test score3 after a comparison with a si mular school noted problems. The Committee recommends that the District obtain data as to ho\.v' ~tudent~ feel 3bout their ~chool preP3n1tion 6nd the percenfage of student3 who go on to co11ege and obtei n their degrees. -Gigi Brandt Salt late Yoter 11:. Vhat is the average number of yem-s Utahns stay in school? 15. Vhat ii ~he biggest problem Utah faces at present concerning its public school tee.chers? -8- Februarg 1987 |
