The Washington Post reports that a growing number of states are drawing a hard line in elementary school, requiring children to pass a reading test in third grade or be held back from fourth grade.
Continue reading...As reported in Education Week, emerging technology and research on learning have the potential to dramatically improve assessments, if educators and policymakers take a more balanced approach to using them.
Continue reading...Education Week reports that even though 34 states and the District of Columbia have No Child Left Behind Act waivers in hand, many of them are still negotiating with the U.S. Department of Education over their teacher-evaluation systems – a crucial component if they want to keep their new-found flexibility.
Continue reading...According to the Associated Press as reported in Education Week, state auditors will investigate how the Texas Education Agency failed to catch a broad cheating scheme at El Paso’s largest school district that sent the former superintendent to prison.
Continue reading...The Columbus Dispatch reports that the parent of a Columbus Public Schools student has filed a class-action suit charging that the school district cheated students out of a solid education by inflating school-performance data.
Continue reading...According to the Palm Beach Post, the Florida State Board of Education has adopted a revised strategic plan that says that by 2018, FBE wants 90% of Asian students, 88% of white students, 81% of Hispanics, and 74% of black students to be reading at or above grade level.
Continue reading...As reported by the U.S. Department of Education on ed.gov, seven more states, Puerto Rico, and the Bureau of Indian Education have requested waivers of the accountability requirements under the No Child Left Behind Act, in exchange for state-developed plans to prepare all students for college and career, focus aid on the neediest students, and support effective teaching and leadership.
Continue reading...According to an Associated Press report in the Charleston Daily Mail, the West Virginia Department of Education has applied to the U.S. Department of Education for a waiver from the No Child Left Behind Act’s accountability standards.
Continue reading...According to an Associated Press report in the Tyler Morning Telegraph, the state of Texas plans to apply for a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education to avoid some federal accountability standards imposed by the No Child Left Behind Act, even though state officials previously expressed concern about the possible strings attached to such a reprieve. Meanwhile, the Foster’s Daily Democrat reports that Governor John Lynch has announced that New Hampshire has submitted its application for an NCLB waiver.
Continue reading...According to the Newport News Daily Press, new achievement objectives for Virginia’s Standards of Learning have upset the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, which called them “insulting and narrow minded” in a letter to Governor Bob McDonnell.
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