Tag: standardized testing
Krewe throwing beads ~= states giving schools “A” grades, but all is not lost
Last week, the Heritage Foundation released a study from yours-truly called From Mass Deception to Meaningful Accountability: A Brighter Future for K–12 Education. The basic argument: the good intentions of the No Child Left Behind era were completely undermined by opponents, who both defanged state rating systems and tamed charter... READ MOREWhat parents want, and how to make sure they can get it
A new report by EdChoice uses parent surveys to identify...
READ MORELong-term trend NAEP brings more bad news
The National Assessment of Educational Progress released Long Term Trend...
READ MORELatest Nation’s Report Card data show decades of decline for 13-year-olds
Editor’s note: This story on the latest scores released from...
READ MOREFlorida’s academic gains for students with disabilities deserves emulation
If you take the Nation’s Report Card data back as...
READ MOREThe Land of (Dis)enchantment
Recently I reported that Florida’s students with disabilities exceeded multiple...
READ MOREDon’t want to be an American illiterate?
Welcome to a new kind of tension All across the...
READ MOREBright spots and challenges for Florida NAEP 2022
NAEP released 2022 state and large urban district data...
READ MOREThe state of school choice in the U.S.
Charter schools and home schooling are experiencing major growth. Meanwhile,...
READ MOREA digression on the test obsession
Measuring a child’s mastery of material taught in school is...
READ MORECharter schools outperform traditional public schools in 2018-19
More than half of Florida’s charter schools earned an A...
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