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Top Schools Deemed 'In Need Of Improvement' Under Federal Law

Posted 06.04.2012

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Griffin Memorial School in Litchfield, N.H. had 91 percent of its elementary students score proficient or better on the state's reading exam last fall...

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Number Of Schools Cited As Needing Improvement Skyrockets

Posted 01.10.2012

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An unprecedented 1,325 schools across 123 New York districts have been identified for improvement under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Of t...

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Scores Plummet As More High School Juniors Required To Take State Tests

Posted 01.01.2012

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After the most recent return of 11th grade Prairie State Achievement Exam scores found nearly half of Illinois public school students failing to meet ...

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Joy Resmovits

States Seek Waivers In Light Of More Schools Deemed 'Failing' Under NCLB

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.04.2011

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Despite a rise in test scores, 84 percent of Missouri's schools failed to make "adequate yearly progress," according to a report released by the state...

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Teachers, This One Is for You

Timothy D. Slekar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Timothy D. Slekar

By the end of the day my wife and I had found out that the majority of teachers were now supportive of our act of civil disobedience.

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The Ruinous Culture We've Created in Elementary Schools

Shaun Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shaun Johnson

With high-stakes standardized testing, this is the educational culture we've created. Seeing schools in test-mode is an observation in a disheartening obsession with quantitative values.

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