Okay, you might argue that such a blog entry on the very day that NAEP reading results are released offers quite a skewed measure. I beg to differ. Nevertheless, take a look at the top Google new links for education news, today, May 20, 2010.
Will historians write that Americans had become obsessed with test scores leaving little time to consider anything else?
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New NAEP
reading scores released for Atlanta: Shows gains in grade 8.
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) – Maureen Downey – 3 hours agoI think we are doing to see those
kinds of results in the rest of the nation.” Dubbed the
nation’s report card, NAEP is used to gauge overall national …DPS students at bottom of national reading test scores – The Detroit News
Urban 8th Graders Make Reading Gains on NAEP – Education Week News
New reading results put MPS near bottom among urban
districts – Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
San Diego Union Tribune – PR Newswire (press release)
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On Reading
Test, Mixed Results Under Bloomberg
New York Times – Sharon Otterman – Robert Gebeloff – 4 hours agoThe test, known as the NAEP,
is administered to randomly chosen groups of students … to the
test results, and 63 percent are at or above basic level. … -
US Reading
Scores Stall in Urban School Districts
Wall
Street Journal – Stephanie Banchero – 3 hours agoThe lackluster reading results
follow the March release of urban math scores, … A companion NAEP
exam is given to students across the country, … -
Report:
Reading skills in early grades are crucial to success
Christian Science Monitor – Amanda Paulson – 1 day ago… of Educational Progress (NAEP)
don’t achieve reading proficiency. … Casey and through other
community partnerships – is already showing some results, … -
Miami-Dade
students excel in national reading test
MiamiHerald.com – Kathleen McGrory – 4 hours agoThe National Assessment of
Educational Progress, or NAEP, is given to a sample …
The federal Department of Education compares the results for
each state, … -
Harvard
study gives Race to Top winners bad grades on academic …
Washington Post (blog) – May 6, 2010The exact grade depended on how
much lower state results were than the world-class NAEP.
Tennessee, with an ‘F,’ was at the bottom of the list of states and …‘Race to the Top’ Winner Gets an ‘F’ –
Mother Jones
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Major review
of No Child Left Behind. Kids moved ahead in math …
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) – Maureen Downey – 1 day agoAnd the results show mixed results:
Improvements were concentrated in the earlier grades, most notably in
grade 4 NAEP math scores and mostly among Hispanic … -
MPS makes
the most of data sessions
Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel – 4 days agoThis
week, the board will release results of a recent round of
reading tests in 18 … and focus on improvement, using the kind
of data that NAEP provides. … -
Analysis
Ties 4th Grade Reading Failure to Poverty
Education
Week News – Debra Viadero – 2 days agoNational results for the
2009 NAEP reading tests were released in March, and the US
Department of Education on Thursday is scheduled to release results
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Education
commissioner Schundler dismisses US test ranking NJ at …
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog) – Bob Braun – May 10, 2010Best, or worst, of all are the
latest results of the National Assessment of Educational
Progress, or NAEP, a testing program of the US Department of …