Report: Nearly half of nation’s schools didn’t make AYP
A report came out this week showing that nearly half of schools in the nation did not make “adequate yearly progress” (AYP) on reading and math tests in 2011 as required by the federal No Child Left...
View ArticleA look at York City’s English Language Learners
I’m always fascinated by reports on English Language Learners – those students whose native language is not English. In York City, ELL students come from: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cuba, Egypt, Ghana,...
View ArticleReport: Pennsylvania seeks No Child Left Behind flexibility
Somehow I missed this last week, but The Patriot-News reported that state education Secretary Ron Tomalis has been talking to the federal education secretary about flexibility from No Child Left...
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Should Pennsylvania apply for a waiver from No Child Left Behind?
Last week, the U.S. Department of Education announced that eight more states were being granted waivers from some requirements of No Child Left Behind, which requires that 100 percent of students must...
View ArticleIt’s almost time for 2012 PSSA scores
It’s that weird time of year when bits of information begin trickling out about the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, more commonly known as the PSSAs. The PSSAs are the state standardized...
View ArticleCharter school news: PA changes way AYP is measured for charters, legislature...
There have been several reports in the past week or so that Pennsylvania changed the way it measured AYP for charter schools, using a method that makes it easier for the charter schools to make AYP....
View ArticleAYP recalculations cause charter results to decline
Months ago, the Pennsylvania School Boards Association drew attention to a change in the way the state education department had calculated AYP for charter schools on the last round of PSSAs – treating...
View ArticleNew performance scores coming for Pennsylvania schools
Pennsylvania is slated to release the new School Performance Profiles tomorrow. It’s quite a switch for those used to seeing whether or not a school made AYP (adequate yearly progress) based on reading...
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