Visit these sources & make up your own mind about Alton scores

To the editor,

We invoke Krista Argiropolis’ words published September 1, 2011 on page A5 of the Baysider (citing our source, http://www.newhampshirelakesandmountains.com/pdf/BAY.2011.09.01.pdf ):

“It is unfortunate that Steve Miller continues to try to manage the school district from his position on the Alton Budget Committee and insists on submitting half-truths and wrong information…”

Last Thursday, February 23, the Alton Rotarians generously hosted an evening with local government candidates. In his bid for the Alton School Board, Mr. Miller again made gravely spurious claims regarding two-year old Alton Central School test scores based on faulty statistics concocted by the for-profit schooldigger.com website. Why he refuses to use the not-for-profit New Hampshire Department of Education’s data ( http://www.education.nh.gov/instruction/accountability/index.htm) escapes us. The data they provide is more comprehensive and robust, thus less apt to be duplicitous and purposefully misleading!

Earlier in this letter we cited Mrs. Argiropolis’ powerful deconstruction of Mr. Miller’s schooldigger.com sophistry. The Alton Teachers’ Association encourages all citizens to visit the sources we’ve cited and render their own judgment based not on ad hominem arguments, but on logical ones.

Richard Brown, President

Alton Teachers’ Association