Those who have followed education policy and improvement efforts in the United States for at least the past 15 years know that two of the major points of debate have surrounded curriculum and assessment. Policy makers, business leaders, educators,…
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The current era of accountability in education has placed increased demands on every level of the public school hierarchy in the United States. As a result of the focus on the measured performance of all students, pressure at the…
In a 12/17/14 Washington Post article titled Turning Around Schools with Low Achievement Rates Never Seems to Work, Jay Matthews offered an analysis of the success of the current turnaround school effort in the United States. Specifically, Matthews focused…