The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 Trial Urban District Assessment for Reading results released this morning, and I have been going through the “Report Card” (NCES 2010-459) of the results. Here is how the district’s fourth grade whites and blacks compared for reading proficiency (percent of students scoring at or above “Proficient” on…
I blogged a few days ago about comments Kentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday made a week ago to the Kentucky legislature’s Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee. Holliday said if we lose Race to the Top (RTTT) funding that we will lose somewhat more than the $175 million that RTTT would bring. He also…
The Glasgow Daily Times reports that some of the local citizens in Metcalfe county are upset about the consequences for the Metcalfe County High School after it was named one of the 10 “Persistently Low-Achieving Schools” in Kentucky. These folks are incensed that their school’s principal and School Based Decision Making Council (SBDM) are both…
I have to admit I have reservations about the first graph below. It comes from Page 23 in the recently released National Assessment of Educational Progress 2005 High School Transcript Study. This graph shows the high school grade point average for mathematics and science combined for high school graduates from various years since 1990. The…
The News-Journal reports that the Corbin Independent School District has made good on its promise to do what it takes to protect student choice. The district filed suit in court to get its long-standing student transfer agreement with the Knox County Public Schools reinstated. This lawsuit is about protecting the rights of parents to make…
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) recently released results from the NAEP 2005 high school transcript study. The report contains this graph, which shows the increase in grade point average by subject for high school seniors. The lowest line on the graph shows that the US average grade point average in mathematics rose from…
The short answer to this question is very poorly. Hear exactly how poorly from Jackie Stamps, the Regional Director for the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department of Community Based Services. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBeqrVKEuGE] Some of the things Ms. Stamps mentions are a depressingly low high school graduation rate for Jefferson County foster care children…
Even Beetle Bailey character General Halftrack and his wife get it!
Video from Kyle Olson Kyle Olson is a vice president at the Education Action Group Foundation. His comments made during the recent Kentucky Education Restoration Alliance’s Education Forum set out some hard realities that sooner or later we simply must face. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMqgXO2_O2A]
In the May 14, 2010 meeting of the Legislature’s Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee (which I attended), Kentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday said he was going to use money for 35 “Highly Skilled Educator” slots to fund placing two subject matter experts in each of the regional educational cooperatives. Those experts will enhance…