According to a recent U.S. Department of Education evaluation, the Hawaii State Department of Education's four-year, $75 million Race to the Top grant will not longer be considered high risk.
CCSSO Executive Director Chris Minnich writes in ASCD’s InService Blog, in support of improving licensure standards to meet rising teacher expectations.
The cost to administer the Common Core-aligned tests in math and reading to Kansas students will be higher than what the state is paying now but not as high as some recent national reports suggest.
North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler says the state will join the Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) consortium to develop alternate state assessments for students with severe cognitive disorders (SWSCD), who represent about 1 percent of students in grades where assessments are administered.
The South Carolina Education Department reported a decline in the state's dropout rate for the fourth straight year, with dropout rates declining in 51 of the state's 85 school districts.
According to a recent survey from the Center on Education Policy at George Washington University, 37 of the 40 states responding to the survey said it was unlikely they would reverse, limit, or change their decision to adopt the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for reading, writing, and math.
Tennessee Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman plans to reform the state's special education programs. As nearly 14 percent of students are in special education programs across the state, he said, "special education is a huge focus in Tennessee, but they are not achieving at the levels we would consider acceptable."
Now that Louisiana requires high school students to take the ACT, the number of students taking the college admissions test has increased by around 11,000 in 2013.
Beginning in 2014, South Dakota public school students will take new Smarter Balance assessments to assess their abilities in math and English, replacing the STEP assessments.
New Mexico has released the 2013 A-F letter grades for 839 elementary, middle, and high schools. Grades were maintained or improved by more than 70 percent of schools, with improvements recorded by 87 percent of high schools. "Our challenge is to improve every student's achievement, every year.
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