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Blog Posts
FCAT writing scores for local schools released
More Collier County fourth and eighth graders are scoring at or above grade level on the writing portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). But Collier sophomores are lagging behind their peers for the second year in a row. The news
Apr. 30 5:46 pm
Full Story at Naples Daily News
The perils of analyzing test scores by race.
" 'No Child' Law Is Not Closing a Racial Gap." That's the New York Times headline about a report issued this week on school test scores. The Times story begins: The achievement gap between white and minority students has not narrowed in recent years,
Apr. 30 3:33 pm
FCAT Writing: Lee County students show improvement on two levels
Students in Lee County Public Schools showed increases in two of three levels in results of FCAT Writing released today by the Florida Department of Education. Fourth-graders demonstrated significant improvement, with 83 percent of them scoring 3.5 or
Apr. 30 3:07 pm
Most writing FCAT scores up in 2009
Students in Lee County Public Schools showed increases in two of three levels in results of FCAT Writing released today by the Florida Department of Education. Fourth-graders demonstrated significant improvement, with 83 percent of them scoring 3.5 or
Apr. 30 2:52 pm
Saying discharges are up, report demands grad rate audit
A chart in the report being issued today shows the rising "discharge" rate, plus a mysterious spike in the rate of special education students being discharged in 2005. Six years after Schools Chancellor Joel Klein vowed to crack down on a bureaucratic
Apr. 30 2:01 pm
The NY Times article on the achievement gap
Between 2004 and last year, scores for young minority students increased, but so did those of white students, leaving the achievement gap stubbornly wide? The achievement gap is caused by genetic differences between the races, and that can?t be changed
Apr. 30 1:37 pm
African-American Students Report to the Gym
Students at a Sacremento-area high school attended standardized test pep rallies ? er, sorry?Heritage Assemblies ? organized by race to pump up each ethnic group to take standardized tests. ?Students could go to any rally they wanted,? the Sacramento
Apr. 30 12:54 am
Full Story at The Core Knowledge Blog
Duncan: Let's take 'all children forward'
"We have many pockets of excellence. The challenge is moving to systems of excellence," says Arne Duncan. (CNN) -- In our first 100 days, the Obama administration has presented a comprehensive education agenda -- from the cradle through college --
Apr. 30 12:19 am
Commentary: Let's take 'all children forward'
"We have many pockets of excellence. The challenge is moving to systems of excellence," says Arne Duncan. (CNN) -- In our first 100 days, the Obama administration has presented a comprehensive education agenda -- from the cradle through college --
Apr. 30 12:19 am
Commentary: Let's take 'all children forward'
"We have many pockets of excellence. The challenge is moving to systems of excellence," says Arne Duncan. (CNN) -- In our first 100 days, the Obama administration has presented a comprehensive education agenda -- from the cradle through college --
Apr. 30 12:19 am