2023 NAEP/NCES: 5 Goals translated.

NAEP- Nations Report Card. National

NCES- National Center for Educational Statistics

Watch: Long-Term Goals. (1 minute and 37 seconds.)

CPS: Critical Problem Solving (I think, although not clarified).

5 Simple Goals- directly quoted.

  1. Maintain an organizational culture of achievement.

  2. To promote operational excellence;

  3. To ensure the safety and well-being of our students and out staff;

  4. To encourage stakeholder engagement through timely, transparent and concrete engagement;

  5. And to cultivate wellness and civility for our students and our staff.

1:38 seconds later ~Marty West NAEP Board. I do not need to watch the rest of the 37 minutes. I predict the rest of the clip will include: carefully chosen negative fearful words- warning of bad testing, blame COVID- followed by lots and lots of graphs and data. Visuals. More reinforcements. Like a “you better go along with this or else…”

Stop The World.

5 Simple Goals. I. Translation.

  1. define “achievement” as ‘the quantity of a students work’. Quantity.

  2. “operational excellence” Other wise known as, “OpEx, is an approach to business management that emphasizes continuing achievement.” (IBM Blog)

  3. “Safety”. the “condition of being protected from harm”. Like data and testing?

  4. Stakeholders- private party; makes wager; interest in something (education) especially in business. Transparent- easily perceived motives. Engagement a formal arrangement (not marriage, but similar?); or to do something at a fixed time. Like Long-Term trends. See ROE (Rules of Engagement). Education and military.

  5. “Cultivate wellness and civility for our students and staff.” NCES/ NAEP

Sixty-nine percent of public schools reported an increase in the percentage of their students seeking mental health services at school since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and roughly three-quarters (76 percent) of schools also reported an increase in staff voicing concerns about their students exhibiting symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and trauma. NCES