The US Department of Education has just released the names of the 18 states plus Washington, DC that remain in the competition for Phase 2 fund awards under the Race to the Top program. Kentucky made the cut. Of course, we made the cut in Phase 1 of RTTT, and came up short when the…
We learned all about inflated scoring on state tests in Kentucky years ago when I (and others) started to point out here and here that proficiency rates on our now defunct CATS school assessments were soaring while our kids continued to get low proficiency rates on federal tests. Now, New Yorkers are learning that the…
Add the editors at the Louisville Courier-Journal to the growing group of people who are upset with the recently passed legislation that allows local school boards to conduct evaluations of public school superintendents largely in secret.
A new report presented by Gaston Caperton, the president of the College Board (which creates the SAT college entrance tests and runs the AP program) is loaded with educational comparison data for the 50 states and Washington DC. Over the past few days, we’ve looked at Kentucky’s substandard performance in getting students through to two-year…
Over the past few days I’ve been discussing a new “The College Completion Agenda, 2010 Progress Report” from the College Board (which creates the SAT college entrance tests and runs the AP program). Among other things, this College Board report takes some well-aimed shots at things our K to 12 education community needs to improve…
I’ve been writing about a new report from the College Board (which creates the SAT college entrance tests and runs the AP program). This report is loaded with educational comparison data for the 50 states and Washington DC. Yesterday, I discussed one of the most disturbing graphs in the report, which shows that Kentucky seriously…
One hundred sixty five under-performing teachers are being removed in Washington DC as the nation’s capital implements its new teacher corps improvement program, called IMPACT. IMPACT replaces a former, awkward and time-consuming process for removing poor teachers, a largely dysfunctional process similar to those typically found in virtually every school system in the country. The…
A new report presented by Gaston Caperton, the president of the College Board (which creates the SAT college entrance tests and runs the AP program) is loaded with educational comparison data for the 50 states and Washington DC. One of the most disturbing graphs (Figure 9.2c, page 149) shows that Kentucky seriously lags the national…
The New York Times reports today about something we’ve been talking about for some time – the fact that not enough of our younger citizens are going on to, and completing, higher education. A new report presented by Gaston Caperton, the president of the College Board (which creates the SAT college entrance tests and runs…
The Kentucky Department of Education just announced a major reorganization of the entire agency. According to the news release, the streamlined department has shed two major offices and $500,000 in salaries to support them. Says education commissioner Terry Holliday: “This model enables the agency to directly address priorities related to Senate Bill 1 and other…