Flatlining on NAEP Social Studies: An Unintended Consequence The May 6, 2015 Education Week included a few paragraphs of reporting on the just released NAEP results in US history, civics and geography tests of 2014. These are the first tests since … Continue reading
Category Archives: International Educational Tests
Startling New Poverty Data
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Low Income Students Now a Majority in the Nation’s Public Schools The Southern Education Foundation published (January, 2015) a report showing that low income students became the majority population in US schools in 2013. From the report: “In 40 of … Continue reading
PISA Scores and Poverty Rates
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Poverty’s impact on test scores is real I am a bit like a broken record when it comes to talking about poverty and test scores. I’ve recently heard David Berliner talk about his book 50 Myths and Lies That Threaten … Continue reading
Top NAEP Cities Have Lowest Poverty
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Top NAEP Cities have lowest poverty I just can’t get off the topic of poverty and school performance. In the Hechinger Report, Jill Barshay has looked at the recent NAEP scores of 21 urban cities who participated in the NAEP … Continue reading