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- No Child Left Behind controversy
- -- At least two Utah school districts -- Davis and Granite -- averaged test scores over three years to let 32 schools pass NCLB standards. Averaging is not allowed in Utah's blueprint for meeting NCLB standards. -- The U.S. Department of Education said Utah schools must stop averaging...
- Research articles 2008-01-11
- CSAP TESTS FACING REVIEW
- Changes could be coming to the Colorado Student Assessment Program tests most Colorado students take each year. The Colorado Department of Education released a plan Thursday outlining how it will help local school districts improve student performance and narrow achievement gaps. One of the...
- Research articles 2007-09-14
- Johns Hopkins Researchers Give Carnegie Learning Math Curricula Highest Mark for Effectiveness
- Math Publisher Advocates for More Rigorous, Third Party Research PITTSBURGH -- Carnegie Learning, Inc., a leading publisher of math curricula for middle, high school, and postsecondary students, reported today that The Best Evidence Encyclopedia, a free web resource created by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Data-Driven Reform in...
- Research articles 2007-06-12
- Ken Mehlman and Roy Romer to the Presidential Candidates: Engage in a National Conversation About the Need For Educational Reform
- To: EDUCATION EDITORSContact: Shannon Murphy of Strong American Schools, +1-202-552- 4555 direct, +1-202-870-1093 cell, shannon.murphy@strongamericanschools.org WASHINGTON, June 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Chairmen of the Republican and Democratic National Committees, Ken Mehlman and Roy Romer sent letters to all of the presidential candidates, urging them to engage in a national conversation...
- Research articles 2007-06-07
- PA Students Rank High in New Federal Report
- To: FAMILY EDITORSContact: Michael Race of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, +1-717-783-9802 HARRISBURG, Pa., June 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania ranks near the top of the list in student proficiency standards according to a federal government report released today, the state Department of Education said. The report confirms that the standards...
- Research articles 2007-06-07
- Situating the Georgia Performance Standards in the social studies debate: An improvement for social studies classrooms or continuing the whitewash
- Abstract After approximately two decades of using the Quality Core Curriculum, in 2005 the State of Georgia began the process of implementing the new Georgia Performance Standard. In this article the authors examine the strengths and weaknesses of this new curriculum, along with the proposed model of implementation. In this...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- Remarks at the Department of Education
- October 5, 2006 I want to thank Secretary Spellings and her fine team for welcoming me here to the Department of Education. I have just reassured the Secretary and the folks who work here that the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act is a priority of this...
- Research articles 2006-10-09
- OKC THINK TANK QUESTIONS STATE'S EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS
- The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, an Oklahoma City-based "think tank," released a report last week entitled "Hot Air: How Oklahoma Inflates Its Educational Progress Under No Child Left Behind." But the study is comparing apples to oranges, say officials with the state Department of Education. "Oklahoma...
- Research articles 2006-10-02
- OKC think tank questions state's educational standards
- The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, an Oklahoma City-based "think tank," released a report last week entitled "Hot Air: How Oklahoma Inflates Its Educational Progress Under No Child Left Behind." But the study is comparing apples to oranges, say officials with the state Department of Education. "Oklahoma...
- Research articles 2006-10-02
- Advocacy, action plans lead to success: state association/ASHA partnerships focus on personnel standards and strategies.(Personnel Issues: Focused Initiative)(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association )
- To address threats to personnel standards and alleviate personnel shortages, ASHA's Schools Personnel Resource Team SPIRIT has partnered with seven states targeted under the 2006 Focused Initiatives on Personnel Issues in Healthcare and Education--Arizona, Idaho, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia, ...
- Research articles 2006-09-26
- Federal school official offers eyes and ears, but not a hand U-46 seeks.(Neighbor)(U-46)
- Byline: Emily Krone Elgin area education bigwigs met this week with U.S. Department of Education regional representative Kristine Cohn at Judson College. Cohn told the group - which included Elgin Community College President Mike Shirley, McHenry County Assistant Superintendent Joe Williams...
- Research articles 2006-08-04
- Incentives, capacity, and implementation: evidence from Massachusetts Education Reform.
- The U.S. public education system is notoriously difficult to change because of its loose coupling and institutional complexity. Since the 1980s, the dominant approach to education reform has been standards-based reform. The goal of standards-based reform is to improve students' academic performance by using student testing...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- States Pushing for Changes to Education Law.
- Byline: Kathy Rowings Utah has passed legislation saying its guidelines for schools will take precedence over the federal No Child Left Behind Act NCLB, signed into law by President Bush in 2002. The Vermont legislature has bills in both the House and Senate ordering...
- Research articles 2005-09-13
- Brevard Public Schools Earns ''A'' Grade for Learning Gains - Uses Classworks as Remediation Resource in Mathematics, Language Arts and Reading
- VIERA, Fla. -- When the Florida Department of Education DOE announced the top districts making gains in mathematics, reading and writing proficiency for 2005, Brevard Public Schools scored exceptionally well and was honored in all three categories, earning an "A" grade for district-wide gains on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test...
- Research articles 2005-09-09
- Why Integrative Learning? Why Now?
- The impulse to connect is a universal human desire and a critical component of intellectual and emotional maturity, and probably always has been. The challenges of the contemporary world, however, have brought a new urgency to the issue of connection and integration. An early cartoon in the always-insightful Dilbert series...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- For the record
- * Many concerns that AFT members have expressed about NCLB are certainly not new. In fact, they were the driving force behind "Moving Every Child Forward," a resolution the AFT delegates adopted at our 2004 convention. The policy reaffirms the union's long-standing commitment to constructive, standards-based reform and pledges union...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- Prosoft Announces Integration of CIW Curriculum Throughout Tennessee Public Education System; Schools Will Get Standardized Curriculum in 2006-2007 Academic Year
- PHOENIX -- Prosoft Learning Corp. (Nasdaq: POSO), a technology learning solutions provider, today announced that the state of Tennessee Department of Education will integrate Prosoft's CIW certification skills objectives into its redesigned Web design classes. This action will bring the Official CIW Curriculum into about 200 of the state's public...
- Research articles 2005-04-15
- Signing on to ESIGN: electronic signatures bring new convenience to admissions and financial aid transactions
- Nearly four years have passed since enactment of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act ESIGN Act opened the door for higher education institutions to use electronic records and electronic signatures (e-sign) in place of traditional paper records and handwritten signatures. During that time, acceptance of e-sign has...
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- Locals should control education
- Early on, critics of the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind law balked at the heavy handed, top-down nature of the federal education initiative. Four years later, the National Conference of State Legislatures has declared the law flawed, convoluted and unconstitutional. A new report by the organization says...
- Research articles 2005-02-27
- Pennsylvania Department of Education
- Sharron Nelson, from superintendent, Manheim Township School District, Lancaster, Pa., to director of teacher certification and preparation, Pennsylvania Department of Education, Harrisburg, Pa.
- Research articles 2005-02-01
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