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| The Global Freedom Institute |
| American Secondary Education: How do we evalute it? (page 3) While some evaluate schools, others districts and still others, states, it would make sense for the federal government to either evaluate states or districts rather than individual schools. By evaluating individual schools on the federal level, the federal government risks micromanaging a state or district issue. The chain of control should remain intact. The federal government should base its decisions on state performance. States should make its decisions on district performance. Districts should evaluate individual school performance. It is not, nor should it be, the role of the federal government to attempt to micromanage school, district or state policy in terms of education, so long as that state or district does not violate the constitution of the United States. However, if the federal government is to give funding to states for education, it should evaluate its investment. The federal government should hold the state responsible for its results and make its decisions appropriately. However, it should not make decisions for the state. In order to evaluate these criteria, there should be a 3-4 year baseline period where the baseline numbers, averages are figured out. This allows goals to be set for what is a good number to achieve in these areas and to find out new information, such as SAT/ACT scores. Once this is done, these criteria should give a more holistic view of education and its achievement or failures for better policy decisions. --GFI 2-4-01 1 2 3 Return to Main Page |
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