Quotes by Mary Tiede Wilhelmus

“Trend data has to be along the same line.”

“We really like the diagnostic part. We really think the ten-year plan offers us some opportunity. We dont think simply moving the test gains us any value.”

“There will be extra costs.”

“To perhaps confirm the teacher?s knowledge of that child?s learning already., so that, yes, we are going to work more on his numbers sense. We are going to work more on their grammar.”

“One of the challenges is that when you get scores like that in the upper 80s or better, improving on that is increasingly difficult.”

“I think many people recognized that having the oldest kindergartners in the country is not a good thing. We know so much more about child development and brain research that we know the earlier we get them to school, the better.”

“What weve seen is, when you ask them to do more, they do.”

“We certainly know we need to do better, but this is a starting point.”

“People with a $120,000 job as a research scientist arent going to be knocking down doors to make $28,000 a year as a teacher.”

“The vast majority of parents work hard at making sure (their children) get an education. There are some people who arent as responsible about it.”