Student Performance
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Newswire
New Requirements Would Have Blocked Over a Third of OH Urban Grads if Not for Temporary ‘Pathways’
More than a third of the this spring's high school graduates from some urban areas would never have received their…
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Must-Reads
Not Liking Their Scores, Students around the Country Ask the College Board to Rescore SAT Tests
Many students who took the SAT exam in June were surprised Wednesday to get back results that they thought were…
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New Mexico
Scores Are Up, But Less Than a Third of NM Students Proficient in Reading and Math
Less than a third of all New Mexico students are proficient when it comes to reading and math. But state…
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District of Columbia
DC Mayor Rejects Emergency Legislation That Would Have Allowed Chronically Absent Students to Graduate
The measure, passed by the D.C. Council on a 12-to-1 vote last month, came as the school system started enforcing…
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Louisiana LEAP Test Scores Show ‘Reasonable Improvement,’ But ‘Not Extraordinary Growth’
A little more than a one-third of Louisiana's students continue to show a mastery of English, math and social studies,…
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Study: Treating Students for Lead Exposure Can Boost Academics and Decrease Suspensions
Straightforward efforts, like making sure kids get nutritional help and aren’t exposed to any more lead, can boost student learning…
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Study Suggests Narcissism May Improve Students’ Performance in School
A new, international study suggests that there might be, as teenage students who score high on the narcissism scale may…
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DC Enacts Emergency Policy Allowing Students to Pass Despite Being Chronically Absent
The rules would eliminate a policy that says students automatically fail in an academic quarter if they accrue more than…
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CA Grad Rates Likely to Decline after State Includes Dropouts Who Go to Adult School in Calculation
The issue is that the state will now count high school students who transfer to adult school as dropouts, said…
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35% of Colorado High School Graduates Need Remedial Classes in College, Report Shows
The report indicated a significant gap between white and non-white students in remedial classes taken.
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Teachers View Immigrant, Minority Parents As Less Involved in Child’s Education, Study Says
Teachers view parental involvement differently for different students, believing that mothers and fathers of immigrant or minority students are less…
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Arizona Test Results: 56% of Third Graders Aren’t Proficient in Reading
Most of the statewide passage rates in reading and math remain below 50 percent, meaning the majority of students have…
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PERRY: NYT Focuses on Small Math Test Gap Favoring Some Boys While Downplaying Much Larger Reading Test Gap Favoring Girls
So let me suggest some edits to the title and text of the New York Times article.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Kids Need Direction and Discipline More than They Need a Later School Start Time
Does the school district really believe students will get more sleep by delaying arrival time for class ("Let high school…
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NC High School Refuses to Acknowledge Valedictorian, So Dad Places Billboard Ad on Highway
A proud dad is determined to ensure that a change in school policy won't keep his son from being recognized…
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Only 59% of DC Students to Receive Diplomas on Time Following Graduation Scandal
Last year, the school system said 73 percent of its students graduated on time. It was later discovered that a…
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Los Angeles District Will Now Report Two Different Graduation Rates
LA Unified made a big commitment Tuesday: by 2023 all students will be college-ready, and — to make sure parents…
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Study: Boys in High-Income Areas Outperform Girls in Math, While Girls in Low-Income Areas Outperform Boys
In much of the country, the stereotype that boys do better than girls at math isn’t true – on average,…
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Education Reports
Hidden Progress of Multilingual Students on NAEP
Using National Assessment of Educational Progress data from 2003 to 2015, this brief describes changes in the reading and mathematics…
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Study: Neighborhood Violence Negatively Impacts Grades of Students, Even Those Not Directly Exposed
The effects of neighborhood violence can seep into schools and lead to lower grades, even among students who have no…
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Study: Students from Multilingual Homes Are Closing the Gap on NAEP with Those in English-Only Homes
The findings hinge largely on the authors’ framing of student categories: In most prior research and news accounts, English learners…
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TX Investigating Testing Issues after 157 Students at High-Performing School Receive Zeros on Essays
A couple of weeks after Texas penalized its main testing vendor over glitches with thousands of standardized tests, another potential…
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Why Summer Break May Cause Students to Lose the Equivalent of One Month of Learning
If the American Dream depends on its education system, summer break could be holding its students back.
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DC Passes Emergency Law to Allow Chronically Absent Students to Graduate
The measure, which passed Tuesday on a 12-to-1 vote, would apply only to students who meet all other academic standards.
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L.A. Board President Wants to Increase College-Eligible Rate from 56% to 100% by 2023
According to LAUSD Board President Monica Garcia’s resolution, Realizing the Promise for All: Close the Gap by 2023, which the…
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