Sunday Commentary: District Fumbles AIM Testing Snafu
Earlier this week, a parent sent in a letter to the Vanguard. The parent was clearly unhappy…
Letter: Deeply Concerned by AIM/GATE Test Debacle
by Shun “Sean” Yao I am deeply troubled and frustrated by the recent AIM-test debacle. On 9/27,…
Sunday Commentary II: Is the District’s AIM Revamp a Failure?
One of the big debates that occurred on Thursday night at the school board meeting is the…
Sunday Commentary: Did the Superintendent Successfully Thread the Needle on AIM?
There are people who will undoubtedly want an even smaller AIM and there are those who will…
Superintendent Recommends Same AIM Proposal with Phased-in Qualification Scores
Late on Friday, the DJUSD Superintendent released the new staff report on the proposed AIM program. As…
Davis Isn’t Alone in Struggling to Define Giftedness
When the board met on September 17 to discuss a proposed revision of the AIM program, Superintendent…
Analysis: Five Questions About the AIM Proposal
There has been some pretty good discussion on the Vanguard about some of the pros and cons…
Sunday Commentary: AIM Proposal Will Fall Short of Consensus
Early this week the word started to emerge that the superintendent had put together an AIM proposal…
Superintendent Recommends a 98th Percentile, 63 Student, Two Classroom AIM Program
On Thursday, September 17, 2015, the DJUSD School Board will hear staff’s recommendations on changes to the…
Study Author on DJUSD AIM Elaborates on Findings – Part Two
Back in March, Tobin White, an Associate Professor at the UC Davis School of Education, discussed his…
Study Author on DJUSD AIM Elaborates on Findings – Part One
Back in March, Tobin White, an Associate Professor at the UC Davis School of Education, discussed his…
Analysis: What Are Some Best Practices for Identifying Students for AIM?
Over the summer, the Vanguard has worked hard to continue to drill down a bit deeper into…
Analysis: Data Can Answer Key Questions About AIM Identification But District Has to Be Transparent
On Monday, based on conversations that the Vanguard had with key members of the community and a…
More on AIM Identification in Response to Yesterday’s Column
In yesterday’s column (“The AIM Puzzle: The Problem of Identification”), we presented some of the concerns about…
The AIM Puzzle: The Problem of Identification
In the last few weeks, we have been asking a series of questions attempting to better understand…
Analysis: Is GATE a Modern Day Segregation System?
One of the interesting things that came out of some of the public comment is the notion…
Sunday Commentary II: Is the GATE Program In Need of Change?
While I have been very concerned about the process in which the school board has addressed the…
Can We Bridge the GATE Divide?
We have primarily focused our reporting on the process issues related to how the Davis Joint Unified…
