Update: Washington students doing better with new tests, timing
Listen Math appears to be less of a problem than it used to be for Washington students trying to graduate from high school. More than two-thirds of them passed new state tests required to get their...
View ArticleWash. students inch upward in college readiness scores
Washington students did a bit better last year on one of the major standardized tests measuring college readiness. Just about one in five Washington seniors takes the ACT – the SAT”s slightly less...
View ArticleNew Seattle schools chief: We'll fight disparities with data
As students around Puget Sound begin a new school year, administrators are pushing hard to close disparities in student achievement.
View ArticleStandoff escalates over test boycott
The standoff over a series of tests mandated by Seattle Public Schools heated up Wednesday, as another high school joined a growing boycott of the tests and district leaders threatened protesters with...
View ArticleSeattle test boycotters rally national support
A group of Seattle teachers is trying to rally national support behind its boycott of a required test, even as they face reprisals from the school district. Teachers protesting the Measures of Academic...
View ArticleSeattle Public Schools will let high schools scrap the MAP
Seattle public high schools will be able to opt out of the controversial Measures of Academic Progress, or MAP tests, starting next year. The policy change comes after teachers at Seattle’s Garfield...
View ArticleNew learning standards could cause nosedive in Wash. test scores
Seattle families should expect steep drops in student test scores as public schools adopt new national learning standards, according to a report to be presented Wednesday evening to the Seattle School...
View ArticleStruggling students have mixed results in Title I program
http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-982182.mp3Some students with the lowest test scores in Washington have made big gains over the past few years, while others have...
View ArticleUpdate: Washington students doing better with new tests, timing
http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-984179.mp3Math appears to be less of a problem than it used to be for Washington students trying to graduate from high school. More...
View ArticleWash. students inch upward in college readiness scores
Washington students did a bit better last year on one of the major standardized tests measuring college readiness. Just about one in five Washington seniors takes the ACT – the SAT”s slightly less...
View ArticleNew Seattle schools chief: We'll fight disparities with data
As students around Puget Sound begin a new school year, administrators are pushing hard to close disparities in student achievement.
View ArticleStandoff escalates over test boycott
The standoff over a series of tests mandated by Seattle Public Schools heated up Wednesday, as another high school joined a growing boycott of the tests and district leaders threatened protesters with...
View ArticleSeattle test boycotters rally national support
A group of Seattle teachers is trying to rally national support behind its boycott of a required test, even as they face reprisals from the school district. Teachers protesting the Measures of Academic...
View ArticleSeattle Public Schools will let high schools scrap the MAP
Seattle public high schools will be able to opt out of the controversial Measures of Academic Progress, or MAP tests, starting next year. The policy change comes after teachers at Seattle’s Garfield...
View ArticleNew learning standards could cause nosedive in Wash. test scores
Seattle families should expect steep drops in student test scores as public schools adopt new national learning standards, according to a report to be presented Wednesday evening to the Seattle School...
View ArticleWithout NCLB Waiver, Most Wash. Schools Now Failing Despite Steady Test Scores
The impact of Washington's loss of a waiver from the No Child Left Behind Act came into sharper focus Wednesday as nearly nine in 10 of the state's schools officially received failing labels despite...
View ArticleFour Red Flags Found In One Seattle School's Now-Invalidated Test Results
Someone altered test responses at Seattle's Beacon Hill International School in a way that significantly increased the elementary school's test scores. State education officials have now thrown out the...
View ArticleGarfield High Teacher: Standardized Tests 'Disproportionately Impact Students...
The issues of race and class currently fueling protests around the U.S. manifest in a different way in the classroom, says Garfield High School teacher Jesse Hagopian."Many of our students feel they're...
View ArticleDespite Earlier Promise To Boycott, Seattle High School Will Give Required...
Eleventh graders at Seattle's Nathan Hale High School will take a state- and federally-required standardized test after all, an apparent reversal of an earlier decision by staff, students and parents...
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