>Ky. education officials defend test data to board
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Some Kentucky board of education members asked Wednesday whether the goals set by the state are high enough to lift up low-performing schools. Since test scores were released in...
View ArticleState education officials defend test goals to board
LOUISVILLE — Some Kentucky board of education members asked Wednesday whether the goals set by the state are high enough to lift up low-performing schools. Since test scores were released in November,...
View ArticleLow Test Scores and Disagreements Hurt Education in California
California students rank near the bottom in standardized tests measuring vocabulary skills, the Mercury News reports. Ranking fifth from the bottom, California's fourth-grade students still managed to...
View Articleschool results speak for themselves (Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council)
Date Released - 03/12/12 TAMESIDE schools are far from bottom of the class when it comes to achievement and attainment. The borough's Key Stage 2 and GCSE results have greatly improved over recent...
View ArticleCall for maths to be taught in English only
Johannesburg - To teach or not to teach all subjects in English. To have specialist subject teachers in the foundation phase or not. These were some of the questions posed by teachers and their...
View ArticleImproving, but must work harder
Michelle Jones Education Writer THERE has been a marked increase in the annual national assessment (ANA) results but the average pupil mark remains at less than 50 percent. The findings were announced...
View ArticleWhat is on the Beacon High School Test? (Video)
Earlier this year, the NY Gifted Education Examiner revealed what was on the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) that eighth graders need to take to be considered for schools like Bronx...
View ArticleMcClellan: Hey mayors -- try these reforms to improve Arizona education
You might’ve noticed that Valley mayors want to get in the education reform game. After the defeat of the one-cent sales tax, combined with half of the budget overrides going down, Mesa Mayor Scott...
View ArticleMake teachers pass standardized test
Let's applaud the best education reform policy proposed this year: A test — similar to a bar exam — for teachers. This suggestion is fundamental, necessary and overdue. One other word comes to mind to...
View ArticleCepeda: Teacher tests are long overdue
Let's applaud the best education reform policy proposed this year: A test — similar to a bar exam — for teachers. This suggestion is fundamental, necessary and overdue. One other word comes to mind to...
View ArticleOklahoma education department OKs $8.9 million testing contract, again
The Oklahoma State Department of Education has a new testing contract for the second time this fall because of an earlier oversight. The state Board of Education on Thursday approved a one-year, $8.9...
View ArticleFla. education chief defends teacher evaluations
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's interim education commissioner told worried lawmakers on Thursday that glitches in the first release of scores under the state's new teacher evaluation system are...
View ArticleState education chief defends teacher evaluations
TALLAHASSEE — Florida's interim education commissioner told worried lawmakers today that glitches in the first release of scores under the state's new teacher evaluation system are being fixed and...
View ArticleTest scores unlikely to count in some HISD teacher grades
By Ericka Mellon | December 6, 2012 Comments (0) E-mail Print Tweet Page 1 of 1 Thousands of HISD teachers likely won't be graded on their students' academic performance this year because of problems...
View ArticleAssessment results show improvement
An analysis of the Annual National Assessment test results shows an improvement from when it was written for the first time last year. Some 7.2 million pupils in Grades 1 to 6 and 9 from more than 20...
View ArticleEditorial: Balance needed in school accountability debate
State legislators are getting an earful of complaints about high-stakes testing — but the real high stakes involve those kids who lack the skills to make it in the world. Lawmakers would do young...
View ArticleSchools resegregate after being freed from judicial oversight, study shows
That's the finding of a study by researchers from the Stanford University School of Education, which was just published in the fall issue of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. It reports...
View ArticleState: Almost half of local teachers are highly effective
SARASOTA - Almost half the teachers in Sarasota and Manatee counties were rated as highly effective in the last school year, well above the state average of 22 percent, according to data released...
View ArticleWillingboro students show ingenuity at first science fair
MOUNT LAUREL — The curiosity of Willingboro students was on display Wednesday at the district’s first science fair. Student projects asked all kinds of questions: Can gray water be recycled for use on...
View ArticleFresh data shows gains in New Jersey’s graduation rates
Institutions like education transform slowly, but New Jersey education is visibly changing. Throughout several administrations, including the terms of NJ Governors Chris Christy and Jon Corzine and...
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