"American students have improved substantially, in some cases phenomenally. In general, the improvements have been greatest for African-American students, and among these, for the most disadvantaged. The improvements have been greatest for both black and white 4th and 8th graders in math. Improvements have been less great but still substantial for black 4th and 8th graders in reading and for black 12th graders in both math and reading."
Michelle Rhee: Education reform huckster - War Room - Salon.com - 0 views
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it should be stipulated that nobody's yet found a means or motive for cheating on NAEP surveys.
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An exposé by USA Today reveals that scores of high-performing Washington schools displayed "extraordinarily high numbers of erasures on standardized tests. The consistent pattern was that wrong answers were erased and changed to right ones."
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Jeb Bush Finds New Role as Education Adviser - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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One out of five state school superintendents have joined a group that his national foundation created, Chiefs for Change, to rally behind a common agenda.
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Mr. Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. The nonprofit group received contributions of $2.9 million in 2009, from the foundations of Bill Gates and Eli Broad, among others, and for-profit education technology companies.
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By eighth grade, Florida students begin to lose their advantage on the NAEP, and by 12th grade, they fall behind national averages.
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