Kelly and Christian took the Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) over the last three days at Santiam Christian School in Adair Village. They really enjoy the testing and have done quite well at it. This is the first year we have to turn the test in to the Educational Service District (ESD) office. It is very frustrating to have to do that as we cannot imagine anyone there has the ability to interpret the results of those tests better than us. We are the ones providing the instruction to the children and have a better understanding of their needs and abilities than anyone at the ESD. In general, I would imagine that we are more qualified than them to evaluate that significance of the statistical test results, too, in as much as statistical analysis is one of the major areas of both my academic training and daily work. If the ESD did not have such an abysmal record of assuring the children under their charge were adequately educated, I might feel a little better about all of this. At any rate, Kelly and Christian did great and it does not do a whole lot of good to rage against the machine.
