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  1. Added Mar 18, 2009 by laura_clos
    "For the second year in a row, a controversial $14.4 million federal study testing the effectiveness of reading and math software programs has found few significant learning differences between students who used the technology and those taught using other methods."
  2. Added Feb 22, 2009 by dmby
    Editorial from a school founder discussing why MCAS and other standards fail to capture the school's successful remediation program
  3. Added Jan 13, 2009 by annagkerr
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  4. Added Nov 26, 2008 by jinsilmock
    No Child Left Behind challenged all states to have technology fully integrated into the curriculum and all students technologically proficient by the eighth grade.
  5. Added Nov 21, 2008 by cherylforman
    (free registration required for full access) Schools are using computer-adaptive tests to help teachers address individual student needs, increase student motivation, identify problem areas, and adjust instruction and even class groupings (like forming multi-age classes lessons) accordingly. However, so far only Oregon is allowed to use computer-adaptive tests to fulfill NCLB requirements
  6. Added Nov 17, 2008 by ssunjlee
    How well students and schools – from kindergarten through high school – succeed in mastering a curriculum that includes English Language Arts (ELA), mathematics, and the social and natural sciences, strongly influences how well the students fare in higher education.
  7. Added Sep 16, 2008 by chris_dede
    The architect of NCLB puts forward an index of "educational quality". We need such an index -- is this the right one?
  8. Added May 28, 2008 by aseldow
    Students in public schools have math scores that are just as good if not better than those of students in private schools, according to a new national study.
  9. Added Mar 22, 2008 by aseldow
    Instead of calling these schools "underperforming," the Board of Education is considering labeling them as "Commonwealth priority," to avoid poisoning teacher and student morale.
  10. Added Mar 21, 2008 by uma
    The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) expressed strong support today for Congressional passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (H.R.1) to reform federal support for the nation's elementary and secondary schools.
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