The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 11, 2017
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.).
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Northfield’s class of 2016, it turns out, reflects a distressing reality in the US: kids are much slower, less efficient readers than they used to be. Both studies used eye-movement recording technology—film strips in 1960; high-tech goggles in 2011—as students read standardized 100-word grade-level passages and tried to answer 10 questions.
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ExcelinEd
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
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.
Edsurge
MAY 1, 2017
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. Benefits for students—and teachers.
The Jose Vilson
MARCH 27, 2016
Here’s a running list of policies gone completely awry from original intention: Districts should take their time learning and immersing themselves in the standards before full implementation, according to Common Core maestro David Coleman. Districts go to full, sloppy implementation within three years in 45 states.
Edsurge
APRIL 26, 2021
Most people who are middle-income or better, the Common Core kindergarten standards almost seem ridiculously easy. Duck Duck Moose was the first company that could come up with really compelling apps that were good—arguably good—for kids, in 2009, 2010, 2011. Like, of course my kid knows how to do those things.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 22, 2017
That was in January 2016. In 2016, unintentional overdoses claimed 1,465 lives statewide, up from 613 in 2011. A tainted batch of heroin hit the streets in January 2016, causing 40 overdoses in just two days. Brockton alone had 2011 overdoses in 2015. For the next six months, he took Xanax every day.
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