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“Clearfield Elementary Makes the Grade with NCLB”

0 Comments Published by U.S. Department of Education November 3rd, 2005 in Policy, ED.gov

Excerpts from an article that appeared in the Standard-Examiner of Ogden, Utah.

“The Sky’s the Limit”

0 Comments Published by U.S. Department of Education November 2nd, 2005 in Policy, ED.gov

Excerpts from an article that appeared in The Washington Post.

“Each Individual Student Now Counts”

0 Comments Published by U.S. Department of Education November 1st, 2005 in Policy, ED.gov

Excerpts from an article that appeared in the City Journal (Autumn 2005), the quarterly magazine of the non-partisan Manhattan Institute.

Spellings Speaks at the National Congress of American Indians

0 Comments Published by U.S. Department of Education October 31st, 2005 in Policy, ED.gov

Secretary Spellings spoke at the National Congress of American Indians in Tulsa and at the convention of Texas school boards and administrators.

“What We Are Doing Is Reaching Those Kids”

0 Comments Published by U.S. Department of Education October 31st, 2005 in Policy, ED.gov

Excerpts from an article that appeared in the Topeka Capital-Journal (Kansas).

Rossview High School Under NCLB: “Our Scores Skyrocketed”

0 Comments Published by U.S. Department of Education October 26th, 2005 in Policy, ED.gov

Excerpts from an article in the Clarksville (TN) Leaf-Chronicle.

Tests Will Drive Gains

0 Comments Published by U.S. Department of Education October 24th, 2005 in Policy, ED.gov

This op-ed by Secretary Spellings appeared in USA Today.

Luce Answers Questions at Ask the White House

0 Comments Published by U.S. Department of Education October 24th, 2005 in Policy, ED.gov

Tom Luce, ED’s Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, answered questions about No Child Left Behind, results of the national assessment of U.S. students’ performance in math and reading, and more.

Minority Scores Increase

0 Comments Published by U.S. Department of Education October 21st, 2005 in Policy, ED.gov

An article published by Bloomberg Media on evidence from the Nation’s Report Card that Black and Hispanic pupils have narrowed the achievement gap on standardized reading and math tests.

Supplemental Services, Comprehensive Centers, High School Seniors, and More

0 Comments Published by U.S. Department of Education October 21st, 2005 in Policy, ED.gov

The October 21 issue of “ED Review” describes a new report on the implementation of supplemental educational services; 20 new Comprehensive Centers focusing on assessment and accountability, high schools, innovation and improvement, instruction, teacher quality, and NCLB; a new statistical report, “A Profile of the American High School Senior in 2004″; and more.

Spellings Encouraged by Report Cards on Math and Reading

0 Comments Published by U.S. Department of Education October 19th, 2005 in Policy, ED.gov

“These results, like the long-term July data, confirm that we are on the right track with No Child Left Behind, particularly with younger students who have benefited from the core principles of annual assessment and disaggregation of data,” Secretary Spellings said in response to results from the 2005 National and State Report Cards in Mathematics and Reading.