Category: Standards
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Raising Standards? Raising Dropout Rates?
President Obama wants to lower the dropout rate. He also wants to raise academic standards. But does one come at the expense of the other?
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The Testing Industry Under Common Core Standards
The new common core standards could be a boon to public school students. But will the standardized testing industry–and the states that employ it–create new tests to that support the standards?
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Educating Urban America
A reveiw of new books on school reform by journalists Jay Mathews, Paul Tough, and David Whitman
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Rewriting Accountability Under the No Child Left Behind Act
A reauthorized No Child Left Behind Act needs to measure school performance on the basis of student growth, not just student proficiency
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Why We Need National Standards and Tests
A take on Rep. George Miller’s ill-fated attempt to rewrite the No Child Left Behind Act in 2007