Posts by Sacha
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Sorry Charlotte, you need to put the Twitter down and step away.
Good summary.
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Cracker: What Would Charlotte Do?, in reply to Damian Christie,
mind-numbing
Librarians would love it, sir
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OnPoint: Re: Education, in reply to Russell Brown,
I have no idea what national standards would have told us as parents that we weren’t already told.
how little Jemima compares with Sally, Rangi or Usuf
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OnPoint: Because Statistical Rigour, in reply to Angus Robertson,
The data is widely regarded as garbage, so good luck with that.
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OnPoint: Re: Education, in reply to BenWilson,
Is it possible that performing less well in National Standards causes smaller classes?
John Minto speaking for QPEC (on Radio NZ in the last quarter hour) said that lower decile schools tend to use the extra funding they get to pay for more teachers per student. Danyl graphed the relationship between decile and these 'standards' results.
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OnPoint: Re: Education, in reply to Hamish,
apparently
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OnPoint: Because Statistical Rigour, in reply to Russell Brown,
It’s odd how the papers are telling us national standards are misleading and destructive – but also drawing wild conclusions from the same standards data.
Keith has a post with a refresher lesson for us on correlation and significance.
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I voted for the bird with its own brand of coffee. Seemed only right.
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OnPoint: Because Statistical Rigour, in reply to ,
the only ones making light of this are dolts like Hide, thanks
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OnPoint: Because Statistical Rigour, in reply to Steve Parks,
cos there's no other way to get read, right? :)