The New York Times has a good story cheating in schools and why it may not be the greatest idea to have states tell districts to investigate themselves. To read it, click here http://nyti.ms/qC9F3f John Boivin, administrator for the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program, told me last month that [...]
Is second grade too young? For some time there has been debate over whether second grade is just too early for students to begin taking the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program. According to data released Monday by the California Department of Education, second graders in Sonoma County fell 4 [...]
For stats junkies, here are a few more bits pulled from the masses of numbers issued from the California Department of Education on STAR that came out today (for full story read Tuesday's Press Democrat): Percentage of students scoring at proficient or advanced in English in 2010: All California students: [...]