February 2012
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Stand for Children Tennessee explains the state's... →
“Under NCLB schools were classified as met AYP or not. Every year if school did not meet AYP they were faced with different levels of punitive measures. These become more severe if performance does not improve. The ultimate goal of NCLB was to have every student 100% proficient on state achievement goals by 2014. This goal unfortunately will not be met.
So, how does this waiver affect our...
Tennessee one of 10 states granted NCLB waiver by... →
Tennessee is one of 10 states granted a No Child Left Behind waiver today by President Obama. Schools in states granted waivers must still test students annually and teachers are still required to be highly qualified, but states “will no longer face the same prescriptive actions spelled out under No Child Left Behind,” writes the Associated Press.
Science of education: Reformers put Memphis,... →
Read the first in a three-part series examining the new teacher evaluation systems being used in Memphis and Shelby County. It is a collaboration between The Commercial Appeal and The Hechinger Report. Hechinger is a nonprofit, nonpartisan education news service based at Teachers College, Columbia University.