Improving Student Achievement: What Red And Blue States Are Doing Right

Red states like Mississippi and Louisiana have been praised for education gains but the clearest path to improving student ...
Los Angeles Times

Conservatives targeted LAUSD’s Black student achievement program. The district shouldn’t give in

Los Angeles Unified School District has said it is removing race as a factor for determining which students will be helped by its Black Student Achievement Plan. The move comes after a federal civil ...
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Student Achievement in Blackpool: Progress, Gaps, and Opportunities

Walk through its schools, and you will notice it instantly. Some rooms feel hopeful. Others feel heavy. None of this happens in isolation. Achievement in Blackpool rises and falls with the rhythm of ...
Los Angeles Times

LAUSD should fight for its Black Student Achievement Plan

It’s been more than 20 years since the No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law, its goal to make schools accountable for educating all children. Before the law passed, schools gave the test ...
Yahoo

Student Achievement Is Down Overall — But Kids at the Bottom Are Sinking Faster

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When people hear that achievement scores — including on the latest NAEP — are down yet again, their first assumption might be that ...
Forbes

Research: Is There Another Way To Lift Student Achievement?

For over two decades, a big standardized test has been used to measure student achievement. It’s not a particularly useful measurement. While there is ample evidence of correlation between test scores ...
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Student achievement in math and reading took a hit during the pandemic, districts working to improve

Student achievement in math and reading took a hit during the pandemic, and new research from Harvard and Stanford universities finds schools across California are still trying to get students back to ...
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Mexia ISD working with TEA to improve student outcomes at two campuses

Mexia ISD said it is working with the TEA to "improve student achievement" at A.B. McBay Elementary and R.Q. Sims ...
PBS

Why Is American Student Achievement Down? (It’s Not Trump or the Pandemic)

Writer Andrew Rice discusses the steep decline in U.S. student achievement. Michel Martin sits down with Andrew Rice, a features writer at New York Magazine, to discuss his recent cover story, “The ...
Turlock Journal

Lawmakers push early math screening as local scores reveal deepening student achievement gaps

Buoyed by their successful strategies for early literacy, California legislators and advocacy groups are calling for a parallel approach to math.

Shreveport’s Junior Achievement student pitch competition

Junior Achievement of North Louisiana, in partnership with the Brees Dream Foundation, will host the 10th annual Junior Achievement Trust Your Crazy Ideas challenge student pitch competition on March ...
PBS

Why Is American Student Achievement Down? “It’s Not Trump or the Pandemic”

Michel Martin sits down with Andrew Rice, a features writer at New York Magazine, to discuss his recent cover story, “The Big Fail: Student achievement has fallen off a cliff. And neither Trump nor ...