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Alabama Elects to March Toward True Progress in Education

On August 11, 2016 the Alabama State School Board selected Michael Sentance of Massachusetts for State School Superintendent; September 8, we approved his contract. One of six finalists, Sentance won...

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Collaborative for Student Success Needs to Close Its Own Honesty Gap

Photo credit: Marcin Wichary According to the Collaborative for Student Success website, NAEP – not state assessments – is the better gauge of student performance. They call the difference between the...

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Using NAEP Proficiency for Accountability Sets Florida Students Up for Failure

From the beginning, the marketing of the Common Core and other progressive education schemes has been brilliant. The PR guys seized on words and phrases that sounded good to the uninformed public and...

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Belittling Parents and Ignoring Evidence Won’t Work

The Collaborative for Student Success (CSS) recently posted a particularly snarky piece blasting the moms who have been fighting back against the miseducation to which their children are being...

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Louisiana’s State School Chief John White Worries About Upcoming NAEP Results

  The 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results will be released on April 10th and it seems as though Louisiana State Superintendent of Education John White got an advanced look...

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2017 NAEP Results Show Little Change

The 2017 results from the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) in Mathematics and Reading have been released and there has been little change. Here are some of the key findings:...

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DeVos on 2017 NAEP Results: “We can and must do better for America’s students.”

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action CommitteePhoto Credit: Gage Skidmore U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos responded to the stagnant...

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NAEP Scores Stagnant After Years of Common Core

I highlighted the key takeaways from the 2017 NAEP scores as mentioned on the Nation’s Report Card. What they don’t say is that this demonstrates stagnation after years of having Common Core in the...

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Wild Common Core Spin Over Federal Report

Photo credit: carrotmadman6 (CC-By-2.0) I have to applaud the spin over a federal report I just saw. A headline over at The 74 Million states: “Driven by Common Core Rigor, States Are Raising...

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Common Core, The Great “Leveler”

Photo Credit: Stephen Mally/The Cedar Rapids Gazette This is getting tiresome. Every new round of test scores, whether from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) or some other vehicle,...

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