The Beef is Still Missing!
On Saturday, we noted that the Arlington Sun-Gazette reported having difficulty in obtaining the detailed results of the Arlington schools' AP tests. School honchos managed to issue a “corrected” press release today although with the same shallow test results (available at our Saturday post). It enabled the Sun-Gazette to post a follow-up report.
It appears that someone in the white elephant on Quincy Street needs to drive out to Fairfax County to talk with the FCPS manager responsible for AP testing to find out what they are doing right. Admittedly, more APS students are taking AP exams, but the average score dropped from the prior year. By comparison, Fairfax County managed to increase the number of both Black and Hispanic students who took AP tests, and those students still increased their average scores, according to the FCPS press release referenced on Saturday.
Again we note that the Arlington Public Schools cost Arlington taxpayers about $4,500 more per student in comparison to Fairfax County. Something still doesn’t compute!