Education Trust in the News

Test Scores Are Out and Up in Illinois

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

3/6/07 The Illinois State Board of Education is announcing scores today from tests that elementary and middle school students took last spring — five months after they were due and just days before another round of testing begins.

Editorial: Are Students Really Making the Grade?

Las Vegas Review-Journal

2/25/07 The red flags of grade inflation have been flying above Nevada's education system for many years. More than one in four Millennium Scholarship recipients -- the state's highest-achieving high school graduates -- needed to take remedial classes upon enrolling at the state's public colleges and universities last fall.

AP Classes Face Scrutiny in Audit

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

2/25/07 Pressured by colleges and universities with similar stories, the College Board is launching its first major oversight effort of the popular courses this year.

‘Middle Colleges’ Would Help Cut Dropouts

Detroit News

2/26/07 Michigan's tragic high school dropout rate must be cut if the state is to succeed in the global economy. Gov. Jennifer Granholm's support of more state "middle colleges" is smart public policy that will help do that.

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