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October 04, 2007

Two relevant No Child Left Behind stories

Categories: EDUC 110

The first, here, is a NY Times Op-Ed piece by Diane Ravitch in which she pretty severely criticizes NCLB. Ravitich is best known as a conservative historian of education who also served in the U.S. Dept of Ed.

The second one is a bit more local. An AP article that ran in today's Rock Hill Herald reports that the tests SC uses to gage student proficiency are recognized as being more difficult that the tests used by many other states. That may partially account for why SC tends to have lower proficiency scores than many other states.

Edit: Despite the article about SC tests being on the FRONT PAGE of the Herald today, I can't seem to find it on their website, despite looking for 15 minutes. If you can find it, email me and let me know. 5 points in the "participation pool" portion of your grade for the first person that finds it and sends it to me.

Posted by Nakia at October 4, 2007 03:02 PM