by Carol A. Josel | Nov 27, 2012 | Making Education News
The mean SAT reading score was 496 out of a possible 800, a 40-year low; math scores were flat at 514. Writing came in at 488, down 9 points since 2006 and the lowest since writing was added to the SAT. 57% of those taking the SATs did not achieve a combined score of...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 9, 2012 | Making Education News
Ohio is one of 20 states piloting a new “Teacher Performance Assessment” whereby teacher hopefuls are videotaped during their student teaching experience; scoring is done by independent judges. A large expense for the Philadelphia School District is...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 6, 2012 | Making Education News
An AdoptAClassroom.org survey found that 91% of teachers buy basic supplies for their students. 67% buy food and snacks; 30% buy warm outerwear, and 29% buy such items as soap and toilet paper. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 21% of those 18...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 25, 2012 | Making Education News
Nearly all states have developed curricular and supplemental materials designed to implement the Common Core Standards, but just 4 of them–DE, KY, OK, and NB–require that districts use such materials. A longer and shorter version of the Smarter Balanced...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 23, 2012 | Making Education News
10% of K-8 students are held back for one or more years–including 25% of low-income students. About 7 million students–15% of all American school children–miss a month or more of school each year, according to the Get Schooled Foundation. Nearly 50%...
by Carol A. Josel | Oct 16, 2012 | Making Education News
Today, there are some 5,600 charter schools operating in 41 states and D.C., putting Catholic schools at a distinct disadvantage. In the 1987-88 school year, there were about 65,000 first-year teachers; by 2007-08, there were more than 200,000. On the NAEP writing...
