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By Clara Morrison, Right for Vermont
Vermont will spend more than $2.5 billion this year on public education, even though student enrollment has fallen by roughly 30% since the late 1990s. Per-pupil spending now exceeds $30,000 each year, placing Vermont among the highest-spending states in the nation. But this unprecedented level of investment has not translated into improved student outcomes.
Until now, it hasn’t been easy to see where the money goes or how schools compare because the underlying data is spread across multiple state agencies and reports.
That’s why the Right for Vermont Foundation launched the Education Transparency Dashboard, a new public resource that brings together state assessment results, per-pupil spending, staffing data, and school information into a single, easy-to-use platform.
Whether you’re a parent, taxpayer, journalist, policymaker, or simply a curious Vermonter, the dashboard makes it easier to explore, compare, and better understand Vermont’s public education system.
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Categories: Education
No teacher left behind
or administrator.
or lobbyist.
relating input to quality of education does not really make sense; take an average teacher and give “they” a 5 or 10 thousand dollar raise and you got an average teacher
The lesson of the screw. To build and maintain something solid and stable, turn to the Right; To dismantle and weaken something, turn to the Left.
Good one!!! Very appropriate
Life been good to the VTNEA, VSA and VPA. Students on the other hand, not so much
School choice with vouchers is the solution. Make schools compete! It should cost less than $15k per kid…that’s even generous! Super sized benefits, NO! Market teaching as a lifestyle job…tons of time off to be with your own kids. Tons of vacation amd half days! Show salaries as annualized. Increase class size. Get unions out! Pay good teachers well…ineffective teachers out… Preschool should not require college degrees, nor union membership…as just voted for in national teachers union…just talent and nurturing… No more social engineering and propaganda…just teach! Annual school budget meetings must be highly publisized and hard copy package sent to taxpayers ahead of meeting. Packages must include per student, per teacher, per administrator, per custodian, etc. numbers. It should not be left to the taxpayer to compute…as it is now…at least at Twin Valley!
Are these ratings based on VTCAP or NAEP scores? The report states “These percentages show the share of tested students meeting Vermont state expectations”. Which implies VTCAP. But the the VTCAP proficiency rating is much more lenient for reading than the national NAEP rating. (But about the same for math.)
Hi Phil,
These ratings are based on VTCAP scores, not NAEP, because NAEP is administered only to a sample of students at selected schools and grade levels and does not produce school-level results. While VTCAP proficiency rates should not be used to compare Vermont with other states, they are the most appropriate measure for comparing schools within Vermont, which is the purpose of this dashboard! The ratings we display simply reflect each school’s publicly reported VTCAP proficiency rates, as published by the Vermont Agency of Education, and do not necessarily reflect our views on the rigor or appropriateness of the state’s proficiency standards.
The ratings on our dashboard are based on VTCAP scores, not NAEP, because NAEP is administered only to a sample of students at selected schools and grade levels and does not produce school-level results.
While VTCAP proficiency rates should not be used to compare Vermont with other states, they are the most appropriate measure for comparing schools within Vermont, which is the purpose of the dashboard!
The ratings we display simply reflect each school’s publicly reported VTCAP proficiency rates, as published by the Vermont Agency of Education, and do not necessarily reflect our views on the rigor or appropriateness of the state’s proficiency standards.
That’s because the test is designed for “equity”.
Do these schools teach the same curriculum, because it obviously isn’t money that seems to be the driver.
They don’t really care about the kids, just the institution of public education, which really isn’t education at all.
For an overview of what the Equity agenda looked like rolling out in Vermont – vthope.net/vtcrt and tabs at the bottom. See how they sought pricey training sessions with California experts. Enter Mark Hage, VT NEA Benefits Director.
The task force included – Abenaki, administration, autism, bi-racial adoptee, BLAMM – Black, Latinx, Asian, and many more, BLM activist, Competency-Based Education, data management analysist, disabilities, diversity, educator, Education Redesign Lab, felon, hearing impaired, immigrant, inclusion, law, LGBTQ+, mother, NAACP, native African, native S. American, Palestinian activism, para-educator, peace in Middle East, principal, politician, Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE), TV host, Vermont Human Rights Commission, VPR,
Home schooling families ought to band together and set up co-op “schools’ WITH NO UNIONIZED TEACHERS & NO BUREAUCRATIC OVERBURDEN
…then let OUR students take the same standardized tests PRESENT SCHOOL STUDENTS take and cannot pass…….for comparison