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OPINION: How top charter schools became an ‘afterthought’ in one state

The Hechinger Report

The decline has accelerated, and results from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have pushed the state into the “learn-from-our-mistakes” category. Academic standards were the next to go. This across-the-board decline in academic quality has been accompanied by fewer educational choices.

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Trouble With the Curve: Estimating the Size and Growth Rates of K-12 Markets

Edsurge

For example, specific policies regarding academic standards, testing requirements, and charter school authorization caps can give rise to specific types of products. By 2013, 28 states required teachers to be formally evaluated every single year, and 41 states required teacher evaluation models to include student achievement data.

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After years of neglect, Mississippi takes baby steps to boost school readiness

The Hechinger Report

In addition, kindergarteners who took advantage of state-funded pre-K in Quitman ranked among the top five performers on an assessment of school readiness skills, state data released in November show. In 2013, he introduced legislation embedding a uniform set of requirements, based on quality standards , into the state’s preschool program.