Today, my colleague Lisa Burkhalter sent me an article from Education Week called State Tests, NAEP often a Mismatch. A new federal report found that many states who claim to have high test scores in reading and math have less stringent standards than other lower performing states (see the official study here).
The study compared the actual tests - not scores - with the National Assessment of Educational Progress (or NAEP), often referred to as “the nation’s report card. Basically, it looked at the baseline expectations of proficiency that each test demanded from students and compared that with the NAEP’s baseline expectations.
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings called it “sobering news” as the nation seeks to raise academic demands on students. States “must do their part by setting high standards and expectations,” she said in a statement. “I hope this report will be a catalyst for positive change.”
Full story here: http://segatech.us/archives/1928
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