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Rasmussen: Rick Perry now up 11 points on GOP field

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No thank you, I see no reason to continue the education discussion with someone from Iowa that has no clue about what is going on in TX. The fact remains which you want to ignore TX balanced its budget without raising taxes and TX is a right to work state thus TX has to be destroyed by liberals like you. good luck with that as you support an empty suit, incompetent in the WH

This means you can't support your claim. I understand. :coffeepap
 
I would say that you and Boo offset each other(better say that was a joke). Why do rankings mean so much to you?

Rankings are a measurment, like grades. The measure you against a standard and show how well or poorly you're doing. Any kind of assessment requires some sort of measurement.
 
Rankings are a measurment, like grades. The measure you against a standard and show how well or poorly you're doing. Any kind of assessment requires some sort of measurement.

Whose standards, state, local, Federal? As far as I can tell there are no national standards per se and no consideration of demographics and population growth
 
The more I read about Perry the less I like.

The latest has been his wanting to make 7 changes to the Constitution and I don't agree with all of them.
 
Whose standards, state, local, Federal? As far as I can tell there are no national standards per se and no consideration of demographics and population growth

The standards are a little more univerisal that that. You may be satisified with a student who can't read, for example, but how well they do on a reading test, and how they compare with students across the country is relevent. A state can, and has, dumbed down a test to make them look good, I believe texas did that, so you have to do more than trust locals not to cheat.


Texas schoolchildren generally performed better on the all-important TAKS test this year, but some superintendents, state lawmakers and statisticians are casting doubt on the gains.

That’s because the Texas Education Agency required students to answer fewer questions correctly to pass most sections of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills. In some cases, students could pass by getting fewer than half of the items right — an unusually low standard, according to several education researchers. . . . .

The biggest change involved the social studies test for students in grades 8 and 10. This year, for example, eighth-graders had to answer correctly 21 of 48 questions — or 44 percent. Last year, the passing standard was 25 questions, or 52 percent.

BurkaBlog :: TAKS Lite

State Tests Dumbed Down to Create a False Impression of NCLB Success
 
The more I read about Perry the less I like.

The latest has been his wanting to make 7 changes to the Constitution and I don't agree with all of them.

Fortunately we don't elect a King and wanting changes doesn't guarantee changes. He can only propose changes
 
here's a link:
  • Texas is #49 in verbal SAT scores in the nation (493) and #46 in average math SAT scores (502).
  • Texas is #36 in the nation in high school graduation rates (68%).
  • Texas is #33 in the nation in teacher salaries. Teacher salaries in Texas are not keeping pace with the national average. The gains realized from the last state-funded across-the-board pay raise authorized in 1999, which moved the ranking from 33 to as high as 26th in the nation, have disappeared over the last five years.
  • Texas was the only state in the nation to cut average per pupil expenditures in fiscal year 2005, resulting in a ranking of #40 nationally; down from #25 in fiscal year 1999.
  • Texas is #6 in the nation in student growth. The general student population in Texas public schools grew by 11.1% between school years 1999 and 2005, with the largest percent of growth seen among low income and minority children.
  • Between school years 1999 and 2005, the number of central administrators employed by Texas public schools grew by 32.5%, overall staffing in public schools grew by 15.6%, while the number of teachers grew only 13.3%.
Texas Where We Stand: Education
 
here's a link:
  • Texas is #49 in verbal SAT scores in the nation (493) and #46 in average math SAT scores (502).
  • Texas is #36 in the nation in high school graduation rates (68%).
  • Texas is #33 in the nation in teacher salaries. Teacher salaries in Texas are not keeping pace with the national average. The gains realized from the last state-funded across-the-board pay raise authorized in 1999, which moved the ranking from 33 to as high as 26th in the nation, have disappeared over the last five years.
  • Texas was the only state in the nation to cut average per pupil expenditures in fiscal year 2005, resulting in a ranking of #40 nationally; down from #25 in fiscal year 1999.
  • Texas is #6 in the nation in student growth. The general student population in Texas public schools grew by 11.1% between school years 1999 and 2005, with the largest percent of growth seen among low income and minority children.
  • Between school years 1999 and 2005, the number of central administrators employed by Texas public schools grew by 32.5%, overall staffing in public schools grew by 15.6%, while the number of teachers grew only 13.3%.
Texas Where We Stand: Education

1999-2005? Can't find anything more recent?
 
The more I read about Perry the less I like.

The latest has been his wanting to make 7 changes to the Constitution and I don't agree with all of them.

From a personal standpoint, he has the right, but if he is in office, then he has to obey the law of the land. That doesn't mean he can't take steps to get the changes looked at, but he has to follow the law.
 
Federal Spending, Public-Sector Jobs Have Buoyed Texas' Economy

BLS: Texas Has Added Around 100,000 Government Jobs Since Beginning Of Recession. From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics:

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Conservative Media Edit Out Government's Role In Texas Economy | Media Matters for America

Perry criticizes government while Texas job growth benefits from it - The Washington Post

LONGVIEW, Tex. — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has leapfrogged to the top tier of Republican presidential candidates largely on the strength of one compelling fact: During more than a decade as governor, his state created more than 1 million jobs, while the nation as a whole lost 1.4 million jobs.
Perry says the “Texas miracle” rests on conservative pillars that he would bring to the White House: minimal regulation and government, low taxes and a determination to limit the reach of Uncle Sam.
What he does not say is that much of that job growth has come because of government, not in spite of it.
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Yep, Governor "Small Governemnt" Perry has added two government jobs for every one private sector job. Awesome.
 
Yep, Governor "Small Governemnt" Perry has added two government jobs for every one private sector job. Awesome.

So he has your support now, awesome! Love the posts of joy as if 1.8 million govt. employees in a state with a labor force of well over 12 million is a major influence on the TX economy.
 
So he has your support now, awesome! Love the posts of joy as if 1.8 million govt. employees in a state with a labor force of well over 12 million is a major influence on the TX economy.

Two for one. No doubt you would approve if those 12 million jobs were composed of 8 million government jobs and 4 million private sector jobs!
 
Two for one. No doubt you would approve if those 12 million jobs were composed of 8 million government jobs and 4 million private sector jobs!

As I posted there are 1.8 million Govt. jobs in this state out of a labor force of over 12 million. What is the make up of govt. jobs in your state? Amazing that the numbers you post on Obama just don't seem to resonate with the electorate today as the JAR of Obama is in the low 40%. Guess the electorate just isn't as smart as you are.
 
Yep, Governor "Small Governemnt" Perry has added two government jobs for every one private sector job. Awesome.
More from the WP story:

With a young and fast-growing population, a large and expanding military presence and an influx of federal stimulus money, the number of government jobs in Texas has grown at more than double the rate of private-sector employment during Perry’s tenure.


The disparity has grown sharper since the national recession hit. Between December 2007 and last June, private-sector employment in Texas declined by 0.6 percent while public-sector jobs increased by 6.4 percent, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Overall, government employees account for about one-sixth of the workforce in Texas.


The significant role of government in Texas’s relative prosperity stands in stark contrast to the “go-it-alone” image cultivated by Perry, who credits a lack of government interference for fostering a business-friendly environment in Texas.

It looks to me, there's no miracle in Texas created by Gov. Perry. And, I believe Conservative will vote for Romney over Perry in the Texas primary.
 
As I posted there are 1.8 million Govt. jobs in this state out of a labor force of over 12 million. What is the make up of govt. jobs in your state? Amazing that the numbers you post on Obama just don't seem to resonate with the electorate today as the JAR of Obama is in the low 40%. Guess the electorate just isn't as smart as you are.

Give Perry time -- he'll get those government job numbers WAY up. :thumbs:
 
More from the WP story:



It looks to me, there's no miracle in Texas created by Gov. Perry. And, I believe Conservative will vote for Romney over Perry in the Texas primary.

I would take either over the current incompetent in the WH.
 
Give Perry time -- he'll get those government job numbers WAY up. :thumbs:

Obama vs. Romney

Gallup 8/17 - 8/18 879 RV 46 48 Romney +2

Obama vs. Perry

Gallup 8/17 - 8/18 879 RV 47 47 Tie
 
But you will vote for Romney in the primary, right?

At this point, I like Romney a lot, but not sure how I will vote in the primaries. Romney has the business background that we need. He would wipe the floor with Obama in a debate on economic issues exposing Obama for what he is. Perry has never lost an election and is a force. He is a fiscal conservative so it will be a tough decision. Social issues will not drive my vote, fiscal issues will.
 
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