![]() While I am immensely proud of her academic achievements, it's concerning to see her, like many students, miss the fundamental purpose behind the grading system. When I asked whether she attends school for the sake of learning or merely to secure top grades, her response – a quick laugh followed by an admission that the pursuit is primarily for grades – was disheartening yet illuminating. The inspiration for this summit stems from a personal experience with my daughter, a straight 'A' middle school student who recently achieved a perfect score on her state assessment. We established the 'Measure What We Value' Summit with a vital mission: to unite educational leaders in a meaningful dialogue about the true essence of education. ![]() I would love people to share their thoughts on this statement.ĭo you value what you measure, or do you measure what you value? These topics and more will be discussed with educational leaders and most importantly students at the forefront. ![]() Let’s take a step back and think about this. Here is a straight “A” student who is also crushing the state assessment and her response is “we all go to school to get a grade”. If the majority of students are feeling this way, especially high performing students, we are doing something wrong and it starts with what we are measuring and focusing on.Īn important question we all need to answer in education is, “Do we value what we measure”, or “Are we measuring what we value”. Our summit will explore topics such as the elimination of the SAT requirement on UC and CSU admissions. We will discuss the ground breaking work lead by Carnegie in partnership with ETS on replacing the Carnegie unit. Holding back a laugh out loud, she then said, “are you serious Dad?” I said "yes, why do you go to school". Then she said in a very matter of fact way “we all go to school to just get a grade”. And there it is. This is the primary motivation behind my daughter’s efforts. You might be wondering at this point what am I concerned about. Well, when she comes back home from school I always ask her, “how was school”. She usually responds with something like, “it was okay” or “it was regular”, not sure what that means exactly, but guessing it is in the ball park of “it’s okay”.Īfter this pattern continued for a while, I asked her a different question, “Do you go to school to just get a grade, or do you go to school to learn.” You should have seen the expression on her face. My daughter is a straight “A” student who even received a perfect score on the SBAC. I recently had a very important conversation about education with my daughter who is currently in middle school. I was concerned about her motivation for school. I will truly miss serving Madera Unified in my current role and look forward to my next venture with Parsec Education. I am proud of what we have accomplished in Madera Unified and the direction our district is going. ![]() We were able to transform our data and communication systems to serve our district and community better. I look forward to working with such a dynamic team of people who are passionate about improving student achievement, especially for underserved communities.Īs I head into my final months with Madera Unified, I would like to thank the Madera community for allowing me to serve for 8+ years. My transition to Parsec Education will begin in October.Įugene Park, Founder of Parsec Education, and the team have already done incredible work by supporting school districts and charters across the state by transforming how data is collected, visualized, communicated, and used to improve student achievement. I feel blessed and incredibly excited to serve as the CEO of Parsec Education.
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