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Examining the data
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After laying waste to the mud hurled by Mayor Koch against his mayoral election opponent via a recent campaign mailer, the Quarry then took a look at the claims of success foisted by Mayor Koch in the same mailer.
The Quincy Quarry News so found two multifaceted whoopers in the first two pimpings foisted in the Koch campaign mailer.
One is that “Quincy has the best performing school district of its size in the state.”
This claim has two fatal problems.
One, the ten largest public school districts in the Commonwealth, excluding outsized whale that is Boston School District, and which Quincy is one of the ten, most of these school districts are the likes of Fall River, New Bedford, and Springfield with them so lowering the bar.
At the same time, whoever quality controlled the data overlooked the far better performing public schools in Newton, a school district with slightly more students than Quincy.
Then again, perhaps what the Koch Machine meant by a district of Quincy’s size is one strictly as well as exactly the size of Quincy’s enrollment.
“Say what?”
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In any event, Quincy public school students’ MCAS scores pretty much align with but the statewide averages as opposed to ranking among the higher performing public school districts in the Commonwealth.
To whit, Quincy was nowhere to be seen among the top twenty-five public school districts in the Commonwealth whereas Newton was ranked at number five.
And as for the second at least faux pas by the Koch Campaign, its latest campaign mailer asserted that the “94% graduation rate (of Quincy high school students, ed.) is the highest of any City (sic) our size.”
What else can one expect from a Quincy Junior College dropout?
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A 94% graduation rate by Quincy public students is a valid figure, however, Newton again tops Quincy with an over 97% graduation rate.
Then again, perhaps by a district of “… our size” what was again meant was the exact same size.
Net/net, while most Quincy public schools students do graduate high school, the Koch Campaign still rates a failing grade as regards its above two flat out mistaken local students performance claims.
The way I vote, there are a couple of $h!t detectors I have as neighbors. Whatever signs they put up, I vote against their candidate. Won every election with my vote against.
Johnson,
Care to share what signs your neighbors have put up this election season?
Sure only 1 now. None for Mayor yet???? Only 1 at large candidate. Will hold it off until a week or so. That guy may be credible, so got to be sure. Koch signs are all over, so if anyone puts a different one they may be attacked by land air and sea.
Johnson,
The Koch Machine is not referred to by at least some as La Kocha Nostra without good reason even though its senior bag man offed himself nine years ago.
Was anyone expecting the unspun truth from the Lord Mayor?
I though Massachusetts had the best schools…… WOW!!!
Mr. Jones,
Technically, per the US Department of Education data, Massachusetts’ public school students’ test scores overall rank the highest in US. Quincy public schools, on the other hand, rank as but middling in the Commonwealth on a by district basis.
On the bright side of things, however, the local opinion of local public schools ranks better than locals’ opinions about Quincy’s peerless mayor.