1. The gains the Register reported on came BEFORE Maryland agreed to tie teacher evaluations to student test scores.

2. Maryland is one of the few states that has a six-figure average income for a family of four, and the state has a truly lamentable rate of exclusions for special education students in NAEP.

3. Maryland invests heavily in preschool. Iowa doesn’t.

4. Maryland has done a better job of starting programs, continuing them, and supporting them with continued financing.

5. Average per pupil spending in Maryland was reported to be $13,738 per student, while in Iowa it was $9,763. What difference might another $4,000 per student make in this state?

And so on… [H/T Andrew Rasmussen]

Look, here’s the bottom line: What kinds of graduates do we want?

If Iowa wants graduates who can recall facts and regurgitate procedural knowledge (i.e., the factory model of schooling that’s dominated for the past century), then by all means we should follow the ‘accountability on assessments of low-level mental work’ examples of Maryland, Florida, etc. If Iowa wants graduates who are critical thinkers, problem solvers, collaborators, technology-proficient, etc., then perhaps we should focus on educational policy mechanisms that facilitate higher-level thinking and economic viability in a hyperconnected, hypercompetitive digital, global economy. I vote for the latter.

I am writing today to show evidence that a fee schedule for worker’s compensation services may benefit the state of Iowa in a substantial way.
I certainly do not claim to be an expert, but the information in this document seems very clear.

https://www.ncci.com/documents/WC_Medical_Fee_Schedule.pdf

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Rick Hibben

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