FOREVER LINKED: Examining the Connection Between Exit Exams and Dropout Rates Article

October 21, 2002

In an Oct. 9 article for the New York Times, Richard Rothstein argues that the country has been so focused on raising standards and improving test scores that it has ignored a 4 percent increase in the high school dropout rate from 26 percent in 1990 to 30 percent in 2000.

Categories:
Assessments, Dropout Factories, High School Graduation Rates and Secondary School Improvement, Students of Color

ADOLESCENT LITERACY INITIATIVE WOULD TARGET STRUGGLING READERS IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS Article

September 23, 2002

According to the data from the 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress, 26 percent of eighth graders and 23 percent of twelfth graders do not have even partial mastery of the fundamental reading skills expected at their grade levels.

Categories:
Assessments, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Preparation, Teachers and School Leaders

U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION ESTIMATES 8,600 SCHOOLS NEED IMPROVEMENT: 3.5 Million Students Would be Left Behind Article

July 15, 2002

U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige recently estimated that 8,600 schools, serving as many as 3.5 million students, would fail to meet adequate yearly progress goals under the No Child Left Behind Act.

Categories:
Assessments, No Child Left Behind, Secondary School Improvement

ON THE BOOKSHELVES: EDUCATIONAL REFORM, SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND LESSONS ON IMPLEMENTATION Article

March 11, 2002

In a new report, Implementing Title I Standards, Assessments and Accountability: Lessons from the Past, Challenges for the Future, Michael Cohen uses the experience of implementing the requirements of the previous reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act from 1994 to "shed light on the challenges and opportunities and choices facing federal and state officials" in implementing the No Child Left Behind Act.

Categories:
Assessments, No Child Left Behind