to Stevenson University.

I like the old name better imo.

is not really too happy at this point of time on proposed changes that the Phoenix school district wants when it come to teaching ELL students.

with a report looking at the California exit exam and students in the San Diego area.

The people behind the report say they can predict passage of the exam by the fourth grade just as well as they can in the ninth grade.

Figure S.4, page 15 on the report, is the one you want to look at in this report. It showcases the strength of the model that they used. The data is very close between the 4th and 9th grade levels which totally shows the model they used works.

I say since they have a model that I feel works, the whole state must use this model and intervene on students at the very low end of the model in the fourth and fifth grade levels. This model just might work as well in other states that have exit exams for students.

which shows how well states are doing with the Highly Qualified Teacher rules and the NCLB bill.

A quick look at the data shows:

North Dakota with the only state at 100%, but a whole bunch of states are really close to 100%. Alaska has made a massively huge jump in the amount of highly qualified teachers teaching core classes.

When it comes to elementary schools we do not see much difference in the percentage of Highly Qualified Teachers in low and high poverty schools.

When it come to secondary schools we do see in a few states like Alabama, Delaware, and Kansas where we have a massive difference between the high and low poverty schools in the percentage of highly qualified teachers teaching.

up by the New York Times today.

Article one looks at Margaret Spellings and her continued fight for the NCLB Bill.

The second one looks Democratic plans to fix the educational system.

if passed will weaken fixes the Gov. wants on the 97 of the worst performing school districts in the state.