eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Scores for grades 2-8 in math and reading on year-to-year Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments show 140 to 240 percent growth, with the highest scores in grades 6-8—when students typically see a slight decline. At Poudre School District Global Academy (PGA), a hybrid school in Fort Collins, Colo.,

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Though some programs have helped lower dropout rates and improved graduation rates for students of color, the gap in the percentage of students finishing a degree has barely budged across the 30 community colleges in the Minnesota State Colleges and University system. System leaders don’t dispute that assessment.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2019

The high school graduation rate in Utah’s Juab School District was 78 percent in 2009. Teachers now assess students’ proficiency across four categories: basic, approaching, proficient and advanced. Robins sees clear benefits to doing away with class rank and assessing students as individuals on their own path to mastery.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Bush and Obama administrations, with initiatives such as No Child Left Behind (2001) and Race to the Top (2009), spurred what’s been called a “ nationalization of education politics ” and, many teachers say, a relentless cycle of shiny fads promising to revolutionize the field. The George W.

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