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>> thats growth. thats not proficiency. >> the proficiency is if theyve reached a like third grade level for reading, et cetera. is that -- >> im talking about the debate between proficiency and growth. >> senator franken famously never did get an answer to that question and tomorrow well find out if that matters to 50 republican senators. but on saturday night, another classic indicate mckinnon impersonation was born. >> betsy! [cheers and applause ] >> hello. yes, yes, the man? >> yeah. hi. i ...

Betsy devos struggled with the questions should we measure growth or proficiency. >> if im understanding your question correctly, around proficiency, i would also correlate it to competency and mastery. >> thats growth. thats not proficiency. >> the proficiency is if theyve reached a like third grade level for reading, et cetera. is that -- >> im talking about the debate between proficiency and growth. >> senator franken famously never did get an answer to that question and tomorrow well find ou...

>> you cant say definitively that guns shouldnt be in schools? >> well, i will refer back to senator enzee and the school that he was talking about in wyoming. i think probably there i would imagine that theres probably a gun in the school to protect from goeshl gri from potential grizzlies. >> trumps nominee for education secretary struggled in her senate hearing this week, like in this back-and-forth with senator al franken over the standard for assessing schools. >> each student is measured a...

Mastery so that you -- each student is measured according to the advancement that theyre making in each subject area. >> well, thats growth. thats not proficiency. so in other words the growth theyre making is in growth, the proficiency is -- >> if theyve reached -- >> an arbitrary standard. >> if theyve reached a level -- proficiency is if theyve reached, like, a third grade level for reading, et cetera. is that -- >> im talking about the debate between proficiency and growth. >> yes. >> and wh...

Proficiency i would also correlate it to competency and mastery so that you -- each student is measured according to the advancement that theyre making in each subject area. >> well, thats growth. thats not proficiency. so in other words the growth theyre making is in growth, the proficiency is -- >> if theyve reached -- >> an arbitrary standard. >> if theyve reached a level -- proficiency is if theyve reached, like, a third grade level for reading, et cetera. is that -- >> im talking about the ...

The relative advantage of measuring, doing assessments and using them to measure proficiency or to measure growth. >> thank you, senator, for that question. i think if im understanding your question correctly around proficiency, i would also correlate it to competency and mastery so that you, each student is measured according to the advancement that theyre making in each subject area -- >> well, thats growth. thats not proficiencproficienc. so in other words, the growth theyre making isnt growt...

Everything else im going to leave here with all my friends. >> i dont know what to say. im just happy for her. shes going home. she deserves it. >> this whole quad stuck by me when i lost my mom. it was like a family in here. >> although jessicas sentence was relatively short, she believes the experience has been life-changing. >> when i got here i was still nothing but a kid myself. i grew up here in prison. i hadnt went through school. i read third grade level. its took me eight months to get ...

The officer observed inmate bobby gilbert repeatedly throw an object against his cell door window, causing the window to crack and shatter. bobby, the punishment for room 69, destroying state property, is 30 days disciplinary seg and refer to "i" and "i." whenever "i" and "i" picks you up, you know i cant control that. do you understand? >> yep. >> do you wish to plead guilty or not guilty? >> guilty as sin. >> bobby, can you read and write and understand whats going on? >> on a third grade leve...

The officer observed inmate bobby gilbert repeatedly throw an object against his cell door window, causing the window to crack and shatter. bobby, the punishment for room 69, destroying state property, is 30 days disciplinary seg and refer to "i" and "i." whenever "i" and "i" picks you up, you know i cant control that. do you understand? >> yep. >> do you wish to plead guilty or not guilty? >> guilty as sin. >> bobby, can you read and write and understand whats going on? >> on a third grade leve...

Im just happy for her. shes going home. she deserves it. >> this whole quad stuck by me when i lost my mom. it was like a family in here. >> although jessicas sentence was relatively short, she believes the experience has been life-changing. >> when i got here i was still nothing but a kid myself. i grew up here in prison. i hadnt went through school. i read third grade level. its took me eight months to get my ged. normally it takes somebody a month. but i got it. >> paperwork you can sign. its...