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LPS Unanswered Questions
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There are many current examples of
Board unwillingness to respond to citizen requests for information. September 13, 2007
four-page
letter [PDF
45KB]:
September 19, 2007 six-page
letter [PDF
516KB]:
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"What
do you believe are the main causes for the disappointing 2007 CSAP results
in total LPS gain in school-selected SIP subjects (only +0.9% change in proficiency if
both charter schools are omitted from that data)?"
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"What
are the main causes for those results within the three grade-level groups:
elementary schools (+1.0%), middle schools (+1.7%), and high schools
(-0.4%)?"
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"What are
the most-effective corrective actions for those groups to accomplish the
District Achievement Goal (DAG)?"
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"What
2008 CSAP results do you expect for those groups?"
October 11, 2007 four-page
handout [PDF
602KB]:
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"Why
did LPS administration change the District Achievement Goal deadlines?"
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"When
will similar data from each school be available for public review?" [of
the individual assessment (i.e., CSAP, MAP, etc.) summary data for
each subject category at each grade level]
May 29, 2008 four-page
letter [PDF
140KB]:
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"What
are the actual out-of-district enrollment data for each
charter school for 2007 and 2006?" [LPS provided corrected data 7/9/08]
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"What
impact did the ten-day late-start LPS Professional Learning Communities
calendar change last August have upon out-of-district participants in LPS?"
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"What
impact did the LPS integrated mathematics programs implemented in August,
2006 have upon out-of-district participants in LPS?"
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"What
other significant changes have affected out-of-district participants in
LPS?"
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"Where
did the previous 10/1/06 out-of-district students go rather than continue
10/1/07 in each LPS school?"
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"Why
did the previous 10/1/06 out-of-district students leave rather than continue
10/1/07 in an LPS school?"
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"What
additional out-of-district enrollment losses are estimated for this
October?"
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"What
are the LPS corrective-action plans for future out-of-district losses?"
June 12, 2008 four-page
letter [PDF
41KB]:
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"Why
did the LSRP not address effectiveness of the late start model?"
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"Why
did the LSRP not study other calendar models in school districts?"
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"Which
other Colorado school districts have tried comparable districtwide "embedded
PLCs" and with what specific results?"
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"Which
Colorado school districts have dropped "embedded PLCs" and why?"
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"How
well are teachers answering the four critical questions in PLC meetings?"
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"How
well are the PLCs meeting other publicly-stated district expectations?"
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"When
will the 2008 MAP assessment results be made public?"
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"When
will the 2007 CSAP longitudinal growth data be made public?" [CDE
released data 7/21/08]
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"When
will the 2008 CSAP assessment results be made public?" [CDE released
data 7/29/08]
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"When
will other preliminary indicators of the effectiveness of the current LPS
PLC model be made public?"
August 8, 2008 seven-page
letter [PDF
558KB]:
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"What
do you believe are the main causes for the disappointing 2008 CSAP results
in total LPS gain in school-selected SIP subjects (about -0.6% loss in proficiency if
both charter schools are omitted from that data)?"
-
"What
are the main causes for those results within the three grade-level groups:
elementary schools (-1.1%), middle schools (+0.1%), and high schools
(+0.9%)?"
-
"What are
the most-effective corrective actions for those groups to accomplish the
District Achievement Goal (DAG)?"
-
"What
2009 CSAP results do you expect for those groups?"
October 27, 2008 five-page
letter [PDF
54KB]:
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"What
analyses have been performed to determine the causes?" [of the
significant changes in out-of-district enrollment attending LPS schools
during the past two years]
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"What
are the results of those analyses?"
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"What
corrective actions are planned?"
The LPS Board of Education continues to
"stonewall" (keep quiet about "bad
news" for a while or forever) as indicated by the above examples .
Last modified:
11/15/2008
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