Student Tests – and Teacher Grades Wall Street Journal
May 9—Suppose a swimming instructor told his 10-year-old students to swim the length of the pool to demonstrate what he'd taught them, and half of them nearly drowned? Would it be reasonable to make a judgment about his teaching ability?
New tools for schools Boston Globe
May11—Federal education secretary Margaret Spellings is trying to pump life into the controversial No Child Left Behind law. Passed in 2002, the law needs to be reauthorized. But Congress is stalling on whether and how to retool the law until after the election. So to make some progress, Spellings is promoting new regulations.
FUSD Plan to Help Minorities Approved Fresno Bee
May 8--State education officials gave the Fresno and Long Beach unified school districts the go-ahead Thursday to begin innovative programs designed to improve test scores and boost achievement among minority students.
Schools promote students despite widespread failure Arizona Daily Star
May 11—Thousands of Tucson-area middle and high school students who fail key subjects continue to progress through Pima County's largest school districts every year toward graduation, a 10-month investigation by the Arizona Daily Star has found.