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Expert: American Scores 'Unacceptable' On National Science Exams

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 05.10.2012

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About a third of eighth-graders who took a national science exam in 2011 were proficient, according to results released Thursday, a statistic called "...

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American High Schoolers Are Reading 5th-Grade Level Books

Posted 03.23.2012

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High school students today are reading books intended for children with reading levels far below those appropriate for teens, according to a recent re...

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Report: Michigan Students Falling Behind

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 02.09.2012

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Michigan students are lagging behind their counterparts in other states, according to a new study released by Education Trust-Midwest's, a non-partisa...

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Atlanta Students Show Improvement Despite Cheating Scandal

AP/The Huffington Post | By DORIE TURNER | Posted 02.06.2012

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ATLANTA -- Atlanta students are performing better than ever before on national math and reading tests - and they're not cheating to get there, federal...

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DPS Scores Poorly On Nation's Report Card

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.07.2011

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The report card on America's urban schools is in, and Detroit's grades aren't good. That said, the overall increase in Detroit Public Schools students...

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How Much Do City Students Know?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.07.2011

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The report card on America's urban schools is in, and the grades aren't good. On Wednesday the U.S. Department of Education released the results of...

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Race to the Top Mandates Impossible to Implement

Alan Singer | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Long Island, Arne Duncan, Michael Bloomberg, Tennessee, Race to the Top, Herman Cain, Mitt Romney, New York Times, Naep, Barack Obama, New York, Rick Perry, Jon Huntsman, Education News

Maybe instead of repeatedly testing teachers and students, what New York State and the nation really need is a series of new tests to establish qualifications before people are allowed to run for government office.

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Performance Still Dismal On National Math, Reading Tests

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 01.01.2012

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Students performed marginally better over the last two years on the nation's most reliable math and reading exam, according to results released Tuesda...

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Are High Schoolers Prepared for College? New Data Says Only 43% of Class of 2011 is Ready

Gaston Caperton | Posted 11.20.2011

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College and career readiness are essential to America's future. We must ensure that by the time our students graduate high school, they are prepared to succeed and to compete to be the best in the world.

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75 Trillion Reasons Why U.S. Math Proficiency Matters

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.17.2011

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U.S. students rank poorly in proficiency on both domestic and international math exams, a problem that could cost the country $75 trillion over 80 yea...

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Latino Student, Teacher Populations Don't Match Up

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.12.2011

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One day during his first week teaching fourth grade in San Antonio’s largely Hispanic Bonham Academy, David Nungaray -- a Teach for America teacher ...

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Standardized Tests' Measures Of Student Performance Vary Widely: Study

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.10.2011

The United States has 50 distinct states, which means there are 50 distinct definitions of "proficient" on standardized tests for students. For exa...

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Do We Treat History Like a Dead Language?

Adora Svitak | Posted 09.27.2011

History is made every day. The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.

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Why I'm Marching to Save our Schools

Shaun Johnson | Posted 09.23.2011

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We need to let the public know that there is only one side of the story playing out in mainstream publications. For a time, truly progressive education reform options have been imprisoned in academic journals.

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The Cost-Comparability Conundrum

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Assessment, Naep, Race to the Top, Education News

We're still new to using data in education. We quickly started trying to use state tests for everything. We've been relying on a few dozen data points about each student for a lot of important decisions.

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Atlanta's Lessons on Standards and Cheating

Richard Lee Colvin | Posted 09.07.2011

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Atlanta's cheating scandal encourages the mindset that Beverly Hall spent her entire career in urban schools trying to change -- that poor kids really can't be expected to learn and succeed.

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Report: Wide White-Hispanic Education Achievement Gap Persists

Posted 08.23.2011

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By Molly O'Toole WASHINGTON -- The Hispanic-white educational achievement gap has remained wide over the past two decades, according to a new report...

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Long-Term Gains In Minority Education: An Overlooked Success?

Jack Jennings | Posted 07.08.2011

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Although achievement is not where it should be, notable improvements have been made for white students, African American students, and Latino students.

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Federal Aid to the Schools -- Wasteful or Helpful?

Jack Jennings | Posted 06.21.2011

The proportion of students who are the focus of federal aid is growing. Thus, we should reconfirm our commitment to bringing about greater equity in education.

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Lowest Reading Scores By State (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you want to know reading scores, the NAEP, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, tests students every year in reading and math to see ho...

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Rage Against the Machine: Why We Should Be Skeptical About Standardized Test Scores

Justin Snider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, American Federation of Teachers, Arne Duncan, Randi Weingarten, Rage Against the Machine, Michael Bloomberg, Externalities, Wall Street Journal, Barack Obama, New York Daily News, Mayoral Control, Campbell's Law, Joel Klein, New York Times, Standardized Testing, Naep, Politics News

The educational decisions now made in part on standardized test scores are neither few nor inconsequential. This is hardly about who gets a sticker for a job well done.

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Gov. Paterson: Where Is Your Education Strategy?

Thomas W. Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since taking office as governor, Paterson has yet to articulate an educational vision. His most significant education proposals have revolved around student access to snack foods.

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Arne Duncan Has Become an Embarrassment

Leonie Haimson | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's time for Obama to his appointee Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education, in, before he causes yet further embarrassment to his administration.

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On Education, the Obama Administration Veers Off Course

Gerald Bracey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Obama, Statistics, Duncan, Assumptions, Data, Misinterpretation, US Education, Obama Education, Naep, Politics News

How can the Obama administration get it right in education when its data are all wrong and its assumptions about its faulty data are flawed?

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One Scattered Nation: A Pathway To Common Standards

Marc Lampkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Strong American Schools, Education, Naep, Standards, Public Schools, Standardized Testing, Globalization, Timss, Public Education, Politics News

America needs a national effort to raise education standards in every state. Not dictate what should be done in the classroom -- but states are not, competing individually in the global economy.

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