Kate

Teacher. Bicyclist. Pedestrian. MTA enthusiast and critic. 🏳️‍🌈

[Kate @kelp41]

@CircleLineBT @StreetsblogNYC @bfurnas If you’re there to visit a grave you can lock your bike at the entrance and walk.

[Kate @kelp41]

@someBKLYNguy @jamesetta_w @MTA The non-express bus version would be a local bus to the ferry— which is the terminus for most SI buses. Again, not as pleasant as the express bus hence the premium experience. And if you drove you’d be paying $9 to cross the Verrazano as opposed to the $14.50 for the express bus.

[Kate @kelp41]

@someBKLYNguy @jamesetta_w @MTA Agreed but the original tweet is about the $3 subway/regular bus fare. The express bus is a premium experience compared to subway/bus— and one I am happy to pay the extra $4 for.

[Kate @kelp41]

@NYCTBus is there a bus assigned to the 9:15 williamsbridge bound bxm10?

[Kate @kelp41]

@Jill_Jorgensen Congratulations!!!

[Kate @kelp41]

@teachbk Oh that’s fascinating— your district and mine are pretty similar in terms of test proficiency rates. I wonder why it’s so different in our two districts

[Kate @kelp41]

@teachbk It’s a very different landscape though id imagine than your district. The Bronx is the lowest performing borough& I believe all of our districts underperform the Brooklyn districts except for maybe district19. So there is more scrutiny on our supts and it trickles down to schools

[Kate @kelp41]

@teachbk It is for my incoming class. Helps me to think about for instance who’s gonna need some extra work with fractions bc they performed worse in the nf domain than they did in the others. But I do wish we were less focused on test scores overall

[Kate @kelp41]

@teachbk No but in August when scores are released to principals they also get the item skills analysis which does. That one shows individual question responses (ie. correct answer for #4 was B, Sarah chose C) and how many points they earned for each CR. And by domain for individual kids

[Kate @kelp41]

@teachbk So a hypothetical example- it would say there were 2 multiple choice on https://t.co/sKZnkSsSGg.2, the city avg is 53%, class 301 had 48%, class 302 had 52%, the school average is 49%. It shows individual standards, domains, and mc vs constructed response

[Kate @kelp41]

@teachbk Your principal receives the June Instructional Report in June. It gives you class/grade level data of how your students perform on each standard.

[Kate @kelp41]

@teachbk Sure. My district is very focused on this data— the data is dissected with school staff at a per-class/grade level (via the June instructional report) and per-kid level (via the item skills analysis). And it’s used to make instructional decisions

[Kate @kelp41]

@teachbk @mrs_g_rider Your principal gets way more detailed information than this— they just might not share it

[Alex Byers @byersalex]

“And which great efficiency expert will lead this important new effort to streamline?”

“Actually there will be two people in charge”

[andrea @teachbk]

For the record, teaching HMH with fidelity means denying children access to books

[dianna @runwildkian]

i feel like i’m in a fever dream

[Kate @kelp41]

@NYCTBus So the 8:20 is cancelled and now the 9:20 is cancelled… is the 10:20 scheduled to run or should I walk to the Bronx?

[Kate @kelp41]

@NYCTBus is the 9:20 bxm10 from 23rd running?