Tag: Standards
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What’s the Best Way to Measure a School’s Quality? 5 Factors to Consider
More than test scores, a comprehensive set of research-based metrics would provide a richer understanding of a school’s success. (This post originally appeared on The 74.)
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Standards Gap: Why Many Students Score Proficient on State Tests But Not on NAEP
In three-quarters of the states, there were gaps of at least 15 points on 4th- and 8th-grade exams. In some, they were even greater. (This post originally appeared on The 74 and Future-Ed.org.)
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Teaching Wars: What Students Should Learn
Two school reform titans of an earlier era inform today’s debate over what students should learn and how they should be taught.
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Who Rules? The Fight Over The Federal Role in Education
The national drive for education reform has touched off many power struggles, but the fight over the federal role in education has emerged as fundamental.