Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, August 24, 2005:
State test estimates excluded dropouts UCLA study finds inflated projections for graduations By Cicero A. Estrella/San Francisco Chronicle
The number of California high school seniors who will be eligible to graduate high school next spring is significantly lower than the state projected, according to a study […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, August 22, 2005:
Schools making progress on literacy After Decades of Disappointment, Test Scores Are Finally Beginning To Rise By David Davenport & Jeffrey M. Jones/San Jose Mercury News
Most of us dreaded report cards. Every semester, a single slip of paper sought to summarize our successes and failures with […]
Weekly Recap for August 15-21, 2005:
Back to school: Highly qualified teachers on the way – or are they? By Ben Feller/Assoicated Press (Sunday)
WASHINGTON – By the end of the school year, every teacher of every major subject in every school will be highly qualified. That’s the government’s promise, anyway. The reality will […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, August 19,
2005
Crenshaw Receives a Failing Grade
The high school loses its accreditation. L.A. Unified officials say faults can be corrected.
By […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, August 18, 2005
State lacks answers on exit exam results By Laurel Rosenhall/Sacramento Bee
By the end of this school year, the state could deny diplomas to tens of thousands of high school seniors who didn’t pass the California High School Exit Exam. But don’t ask state officials exactly […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, August
17, 2005
Exit exam progress
Editorial/Sacramento Bee
Exit exam results for the class of 2006 show that having an exam that counts makes a difference. Most of this fall’s […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Grad test stumps 33% in LAUSD By Naush Boghossian/Los Angeles Daily News
Nearly one-third of the Class of 2006 in Los Angeles public schools has failed the state’s mandatory high school graduation exam and has just two more chances to pass it before graduation next June, according […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, August 15, 2005
As deadline nears, failing teens urged to retry exit exam By Luis Zaragoza/San Jose Mercury News
So you’re an incoming high school senior and you’ve failed over the past two years to pass the high school exit examination. What now? Study hard and try again. […]
Weekly Recap for August 8-14, 2005:
State’s exit test worries students By Donna Jones/Santa Cruz Sentinel (Saturday)
WATSONVILLE — From college applications to career decisions, senior year of high school can be stressful. The pressure is about to get worse. For the first time, seniors this year must pass a state exam in math […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, August 12,
2005:
Set priorities before taxing, spending
Interest Groups Must Find Consensus On Helping
Schools; Research Could Point The Way
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