Regular readers know from an earlier blog that there was a beta test administration of the new Vector A.R.C. college entrance test during the recent home school conference in Cincinnati. Now, Julie West at Vector A.R.C. shares reactions of some of the students who took the test. To put it mildly, there is a lot…
Bluegrass Institute staff education analyst Richard Innes will talk about the new Vector A.R.C. college entrance test with 55KRC talk show host Brian Thomas at 8:05 am Eastern Daylight Time tomorrow. The Vector A.R.C. (Assessment of Readiness for College) is a new test intended as an alternative for the SAT and the ACT. Both of…
To begin, the Bluegrass Institute has always been a fan of the AdvanceKentucky program to get more Kentucky kids into and successful with Advanced Placement courses. Over the past half-decade the total number of successful AP students earning college creditable scores of 3 to 5 on the AP exams has risen notably in Kentucky. Most…
Education Week reports that a new study conducted by a team of researchers from Georgia State University, Vanderbilt University, and Mathematica Policy Research shows “Charter School Graduates More Likely to Stay in College, Earn Higher Salaries.” While the study is a first step into this long-term impacts area, the reporters claim: “This early evidence of…
The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science is a special Kentucky public high school operating on the campus of Western Kentucky University (WKU). It allows really superior high school age students to take college-level courses at WKU. Gatton is a selective school of choice, nominally open to all Kentucky students; however, actually getting in is…
I recently wrote about the claim that Algebra II supposedly is a high school graduation requirement in Kentucky but large numbers of Kentucky’s high school students are getting diplomas even though only a small percentage are scoring proficient or more on Kentucky’s Algebra II End-of-Course exam. For example, in 2015 Kentucky reported its “on time”…
Dr. Wayne Lewis, the Executive Director of Education Programs at the Kentucky Secretary of Education’s Office, provided the Northern Kentucky Tea Party a great briefing on charter schools last week. There was time for many audience questions about charter school issues in Kentucky, which Dr. Lewis, who has very extensive charter school experience, handled in…
Vector A.R.C. (Assessment of Readiness for College) is looking for volunteers to participate in Beta testing of its new Vector A.R.C. college readiness test. This will happen during the Great Home School Convention – Midwest coming up during March 31–April 2, 2016. The convention will be held at the Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm…
WDRB reports that two days ago the NAACP put the Jefferson County Public School District (JCPS) on the hot seat for continuing minority achievement gaps and small, but excessively slow progress in general. WDRB 41 Louisville News One of the speakers at the meeting, Kathryn Wallace said, “Yes, there is progress. It’s just not coming…
CNY Central.com just reported that the state of New York just announced, less than a month before it starts this year’s Common Core State Standards aligned testing, that it is making significant changes to those tests to try to encourage better participation. New York’s tests will now have fewer questions and students won’t face time…