(Education Law Center)– The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) has released the first data report required by the settlement agreement reached last month between Education Law Center and the NJDOE to resolve a lawsuit over new high school graduation policies. A preliminary analysis of the partial data provided so far reveals several significant trends: More […]
Read More »(The College Board) By Aaron Lemon-Strauss, Executive Director, The College Board– I mentioned earlier that we’d be releasing the May SAT as a fifth practice test at the time of May scores release, and that we’d continue to produce additional practice tests based on released forms going forward. There is a slight hitch in the […]
Read More »(The Chronicle of Higher Education) By Eric Hoover– Any student who sweats through the ACT or SAT has reason to ask why such examinations are even necessary. Some colleges, it seems, can offer a more convincing explanation than others. Although most four-year institutions require standardized tests, only half (51 percent) measure how well test scores […]
Read More »(Bloomberg) Jasmine Zhao– Hu Huifeng, an 18-year-old high school senior from China’s Jiangxi province, is on a strict regimen. Seven days a week she rises by 6 a.m. for a day of classes in Chinese, English, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and biology, with the last one finishing at 9:50 p.m. “Once I get home, I study […]
Read More »(Forbes) By Justin Haskins– In December 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) swept through Congress, largely unopposed by leaders on both sides of the aisle. It is perhaps the only piece of legislation during Pres. Barack Obama’s time in office that appears to have pleased politicians of every persuasion. Many Democrats praised ESSA as a […]
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