Superintendent Joshua Starr:
"...Data in isolation is completely useless..."
Superintendent Joshua Starr has been in charge of MCPS for 2 years. However, he is only now discussing the ongoing fact that vast numbers of students fail the County wide end of semester exams.
These grades were a problem when he arrived yet, he did nothing about it. It is only because one principal leaked the exam scores that Starr is now forced to explain these massive failures.
Listen to his excuses from the May 14, 2013, Board of Education meeting in the video clip below.
Listen to Starr complain about the release of the math exam data as "useless".
And, guess what? Pearson/MCPS Curriculum 2.0 will solve everything! And, work groups - more work groups will fix it!
Joshua Starr is completely useless.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like someone BSing their way through a job interview for which they have no clue about.
ReplyDeleteWow - what a bureaucrat. He purports to know everything yet says nothing at all of substance. To bad he's just nailing down these questions now, 2 years into his term.
ReplyDeleteWhen Starr was hired the BoE members raved about how fabulous he would be. 'Just wait!' they said. So, this is what we get for our $250,000 superintendent and our $2.1BILLION school system. Elections are next year. Apple ballot, anyone?
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