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GED and other high school equivalency degrees drop by more than 40% nationwide since 2012

The Hechinger Report

Red states are where the annual issuance of new high school equivalency diplomas has fallen by more than 50 percent between 2012 and 2016. Specifically, the annual number of test takers who completed one of the three exams has fallen more than 45 percent from more than 570,000 in 2012 to roughly 310,000 in 2016. Data source: Thomas J.

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Governor Christie’s Guide to Destroying a Great Education System #NJED

A Principal's Reflections

This recognition has been validated by state-by-state data comparisons. However, just like any other profession the amount of bad educators pales in comparison to those who go above and beyond to help kids learn. Historically NJ is typically number one or two. This past year five of the top 100 public schools in America were from NJ.

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We don’t know how many students in college aren’t ready for college. That matters

The Hechinger Report

The Hechinger Report spent months collecting remediation rates from public institutions across the country, and learned that the data is tracked differently from state to state, making national comparisons difficult. “If Some states hadn’t collected data since 2012, and some states didn’t have any remediation data available to share.

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The delusional ways we evaluate English learners

The Hechinger Report

Related: Closing gap for immigrant students under Common Core in Kentucky is a moving target. They partnered with researchers from Oregon State University to design and implement new data rules that would capture — and allow for comparisons between — the achievement for current, former, “never” and “ever” English learners.

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Resources from Miami Device

Learning in Hand

Bryan gives you a head to head comparison of all of the popular interactive response systems that work on your classroom''s mobile devices. Technology Integration and the Common Core by Andrew Miller The CCSS call us to integrate technology in intentional and meaningful ways to have students meet rigorous standards.

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Is Estonia the new Finland?

The Hechinger Report

In 2012, Estonia’s 15-year-olds ranked 11 th in math and reading and sixth in science out of the 65 countries that participated in an international test that compares educational systems from around the world, called the Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA. “We It has worked.”.

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Can testing save arts education?

The Hechinger Report

A federal survey released in 2012, for instance, revealed that roughly 95 percent of the highest-income high schools offered visual arts courses, while only 80 percent of the lowest-income ones did. Disparities in opportunities to learn math and English “pale in comparison to the disparities in the opportunity to learn the arts,” he said.