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Ching Ching Yap
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Ching Ching Yap was a candidate for District 5 representative on the Fayette County Public Schools in Georgia. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2016.[1]
Biography
Yap holds a B.F.A. and M.F.A. from Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Germany. She also received her M.A., MBA, and Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. Yap is a part-time education consultant with the district.[2]
Elections
2016
Three of the five seats on the Fayette County Public Schools were up for general election on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on May 24, 2016. District 1 incumbent Barry Marchman (R) defeated challenger Melissa Lohr (D) in the general election. In District 3, incumbent Marion Key lost the Republican primary to Scott Hollowell. Hollowell won without opposition in 2016. Brian Anderson defeated Susan Stopford in the District 5 Republican primary. Anderson won the District 5 general electeion against Democratic candidate Ching Ching Yap. Angela Kelly Stowman (D) withdrew from the District 3 race prior to the general election.[1]
Results
| Fayette County Board of Education, District 5 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Brian Anderson |
63.57% | 37,257 | |
| Democratic | Ching Ching Yap | 36.43% | 21,350 | |
| Total Votes | 58,607 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election November 8, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016 | ||||
| Fayette County Board of Education, District 5 Democratic Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Ching Ching Yap (unopposed) |
100.00% | 3,026 |
| Total Votes | 3,026 | |
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election May 24, 2016," accessed December 14, 2016 | ||
Funding
Georgia candidates are able to file as exempt from reporting if they do not exceed $2,500 in contributions or expenditures during an election.
Candidates received a total of $16,512.90 and spent a total of $12,219.22 as of November 2, 2016, according to the Fayette County Board of Elections.[3]
District 1
| Candidate | Contributions | Expenditures | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Marchman (incumbent) | Exempt | Exempt | Exempt |
| Melissa Lohr | $3,633.47 | $1,179.16 | $1,179.16 |
District 3
| Candidate | Contributions | Expenditures | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Kelly Stowman | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Scott Hollowell | $4,515.75 | $2,081.65 | $0.00 |
District 5
| Candidate | Contributions | Expenditures | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ching Ching Yap | $13,692.62 | $11,217.95 | $2,474.67 |
| Brian Anderson | $12,048.45 | $11,563.60 | $484.85 |
Campaign themes
2016
Yap's campaign website included the following themes:
| “ |
About Assessments Question 1: Do you believe the current Milestones standardized tests provides valuable information to the teachers and administration to evaluate whether or not our children and teachers are learning, growing and developing the necessary skills to be more successful? In general, state mandated large-scale testing does not provide very detailed information about individual student learning. It generally provides good information about overall trend of achievement for groups of students. The ongoing classroom assessments are the best way for teachers to know if individual students learn. With that said, the Milestones test is a tool to measure if students are learning the concepts and skills outlined in the Georgia Standards of Excellence. So, if your question is whether or not students are learning the necessary skills for them to be successful, we should look at the skills and knowledge included in the standards and see if think that these are necessary skills, not the Milestone tests. If we agree with the skills and knowledge included in the GSE standards, then Milestone provides quite good information about how well our students have mastered the GSE standards. Question 2: If the Milestones grades are used to determine detention or promotion, should these tests not give us specific information on the child to determine where they are academically and what areas we need to improve on to help that specific child academically or should we be using the classroom assessments as the determination for detention or promotion? Ans: Standardized tests normally have the reliability to determine if a child is meeting the standard of a subject area overall, hence, promotion and detention. Maybe some tests are more robust and are able to give you specifics, like writing vs. reading. If we want the standardized assessment to give more detailed information, then the tests will need to have even more questions and cover even more specific areas. That will not be realistic and totally detrimental to instruction and student learning. To answer your question, standardized testing gives you a big picture of a child as he/she compares to his/her peers in the state (or nation), and classroom assessment does not provide that information. Classroom assessment is more instructional driven and can give more information about student's academic improvement plan. About Common Core Adopting common core and implementing standardized testing is not decided at the local level. I believe what we at the local level can do is to thoroughly understand the Georgia Standards of Excellence and its requirement and design best practice curriculum for our children that can meet whatever curve balls the state throws at us.[4][5] |
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| —Ching Ching Yap (2016) | ||
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed April 18, 2016
- ↑ Ching Ching Yap for School Board, "Resume," accessed October 18, 2016
- ↑ Easy Campaign Finance Portal, "Home," accessed November 2, 2016
- ↑ Ching Ching Yap for School Board, "Issues," accessed October 18, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| 2016 Fayette County Board of Education Elections | |
| Fayette County, Georgia | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | District 1: Incumbent, Barry Marchman (R) • Melissa Lohr (D) District 3: Incumbent, Marion Key (R) • Scott Hollowell (R) • Angela Kelly Stowman (D) |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
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