A number of states appear to be easing their standards for what it means to be “proficient” in reading and math because of pressures to comply with a new federal law requiring states to make sure all ...
Oklahoma tied its public definition of “proficiency” to an external benchmark that does not measure exactly what Oklahoma ...
Released in August, the U.S. Department of Education study mapping state proficiency standards onto the National Assessment of Educational Progress scales produced a remarkable statement from Joanne ...
When No Child Left Behind passed back in 2002, Congress enthusiastically proclaimed that 100 percent of American students would be proficient in reading and math by 2014. What they didn’t expect was ...