Some Louisville educators are taking the state’s data with a grain of salt, saying it doesn’t offer helpful insight to solve root problems like student poverty.
Some Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) educators tell WHAS11 the scores reflect socioeconomic disparities existing long before the pandemic, though Kumar Rashad does admit COVID-era learning exasperated them.
“If we want to really fix this problem, we got to put our money into eradicating poverty,” said Rashad, who’s a teacher at Breckinridge Metropolitan High School in Louisville. According to a U.S. News report, 88% of students at Breckinridge are minorities and 76% are economically disadvantaged.
“If we’re just being based upon a single test measure or test score, it’s really disheartening,” he said. “A lot of my students have to survive first, and a lot of these survival skills aren’t measured.”
Rashad believes JCPS and state leaders need to address root issues like inconsistent funding.
Southern High School teacher and Jefferson County Teachers Association (JCTA) Board member …