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Students Are Reading Slower and Comprehending Less. Here’s What To Do About It.

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“When we dug into the data, we noticed that a sizable percentage of kids were just missing the benchmark—they were one, two, three points below,” says Hope Langston, Northfield’s Director of Assessment Services. The study found that students in 1960 and 2011 read at similar rates in second grade. The main hurdle?

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Third indication U.S. educational system is deteriorating

The Hechinger Report

I don’t like to be alarmist, or give too much weight to any one test result, but last week’s release of 2016 reading test scores around the world is now the third major proof point that something is awry. Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. Is the U.S. educational system beginning to decay? See adjacent table.).

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The Reading League Journal – The Perfect Storm: Mississippi’s Momentum for Improving Reading Achievement

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In 2011, 78% of 4th graders scored below proficient in reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). In addition to this legislation reform, the Common Core State Standards had been adopted as the Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards in 2010. Go big or go home. One thing was certain.

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SMATH: How to Turn 2 Subjects Into 1 Super-Class

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Common Core math standards and Next Generation Science Standards were being implemented, and subjects were becoming more interconnected. She achieved National Board Certification in 2011. . Smath was born out of a realization that the old way of doing things wasn’t working. But we have also seen other benefits.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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From the US Department of Education’s blog : “Building the Next Generation of Assessments in Education.” million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a Frostburg State University football player who died after suffering a head injury in 2011. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Education Technology and Data Insecurity

Hack Education

Under a Trump administration: I very much want ed-tech companies and schools to reconsider collecting so much data about students — Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) November 10, 2016. 2016 underscored that security flaws aren’t solely a problem of educational institutions and government agencies.

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California voters poised to gut English-only instruction law

The Hechinger Report

And though official numbers are hard to come by — California stopped tracking dual language programs in 2011 — the growing popularity of dual language immersion programs like the one at Derrick’s school indicates multilingualism is an advantage more and more parents wish their children to possess.