The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

Since the biennial test, called the National Assessment of Educational Progress or NAEP, was first administered in the early 1990s, student achievement, particularly in math, steadily improved until the late 2000s, then flatlined. . Annual testing of students became a federal requirement after 2001, and that sometimes affected instruction.

Education 110

Education Common Core Report Academic Standards 110

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards.

EdTech 120

EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Most charter operators did not come close to hitting their targets, predicting, for example, that they could move students from 50 percent proficiency to 80 or even 100 percent in four or five years. The No Child Left Behind targets, set in 2001, became more flexible in 2011, after U.S.

Elementary 69

Elementary Report Meeting Advocacy 69

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2016

She traces the current struggle to balance funding for both private and public programs back to an earlier reform in 2001: the Cecil J. Regardless of the third-party oversight, some childcare providers say having a school district do most of the assessments is a conflict of interest.

Education 40

Education System Academic Standards Policies 40