Today the State called Dr. Bari Erlichson, Director of the Office of Education Data. She presented a series of "scattergraphs" that plotted student achievement and educational adequacy spending for the 2009-10 school year. We could not see the graphs in the audience, so describing it to you is very difficult. Basically, in a scattergraph, if the data being presented forms a line, then the two elements are correlated to each other. The graphs Erlichson presented did not develop a line, so she drew the conclusion that student achievement and spending at the educational adequacy level were not related.
When Judge Doyne realized that the extensive data charts being presented were for the 2009-2010 school year, he was disturbed. He pointed out that his charge was to find out if the 2010-11 school budgets were adequate. The previous year' data did not help him, unless it could be contrasted with this year's data [which isn't available yet] or the year before the SFRA's implementation [2006-07].
Doyne was very pointed to the state," I do not view this case as starting anew." The question is not if the SFRA is adequate, that was decided in 2009. The question is, do schools have adequate resources this year.
A side note: Senator Loretta Weinberg came to the courtroom. David Sciarra, attorney for the children, said that it is the first time in his history with the Abbott litigation that a sitting legislator has come to the proceedings.
When Judge Doyne realized that the extensive data charts being presented were for the 2009-2010 school year, he was disturbed. He pointed out that his charge was to find out if the 2010-11 school budgets were adequate. The previous year' data did not help him, unless it could be contrasted with this year's data [which isn't available yet] or the year before the SFRA's implementation [2006-07].
Doyne was very pointed to the state," I do not view this case as starting anew." The question is not if the SFRA is adequate, that was decided in 2009. The question is, do schools have adequate resources this year.
A side note: Senator Loretta Weinberg came to the courtroom. David Sciarra, attorney for the children, said that it is the first time in his history with the Abbott litigation that a sitting legislator has come to the proceedings.
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