OSPI Chief Reykdal confronted by data from WPC Report Card
Reykdal's effort to avoid confronting negative school data by dismissing WPC as "partisan" hits a snag due to the fact it's not WPC data but state data from OSPI.WPC is citing.
Pointing to stats from Washington Policy Center's Report Card for Washington's Future showing student spending is up per pupil from $13,775 to $19,163, while student test scores show decline with "about 60 percent not on track for college level learning in math and 50 percent when it comes to English", Q13 reporter Hana Kim asked OSPI chief Chris Reykdal, "What should districts be doing differently that maybe they haven't tried before, what is your guidance on this to maybe turn things around?"
Without measurements, government leaders can't be held accountable for their policies. Thankfully, a new tool that provides real data about our state is now available at washingtonpolicy.org/reportcard.
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