24% of state high-schoolers likely to drop out San Francisco Chronicle
July 17--Nearly 1 in 4 California students will drop out during high school, state educators said Wednesday, basing their prediction on what they said is the most accurate information about student attendance they've ever collected. Using a new student-tracking system, state educators found that 127,292 high school students in ninth through 12th grade quit school during the 2006-07 school year.
Want to learn more about disaggregated high school graduation rates throughout California? Check out the Graduation Rate Tool at EdTrust-West’s Raising the Roof site.
The Wrong Education Fix The Wall Street Journal
July 12--President Bush has often spoken about education reform as a civil rights issue. So we're not entirely surprised to see civil rights groups now defending the No Child Left Behind law against attempts to gut its most effective provisions.
State raises minimum standards on proficiency tests Star-Ledger
July 16--The action by the state Board of Education, which approved raising the scores for reading and math tests in Grades 5-8, highlights how low the threshold for the scores had been. Students scoring as low as 33 percent correct had been deemed proficient.
Md. Scores In Reading, Math Show Big Strides Washington Post
July 15--Maryland's march toward the goal of having all students reach grade level in reading and math gained momentum today with the release of test scores that show surprisingly strong gains in those subjects, especially among disadvantaged students.
The results, educators said, inspire fresh hope of closing achievement gaps, a primary focus of the federal No Child Left Behind law.