> Since NCLB, more reading progress has been made in five years than in > the previous 28 years combined. Achievement gaps between Hispanic and > African-American 9-year-old students and their white peers have shrunk > to historic lows. In 2005, a record 85 percent of Wisconsin > third-graders scored at the proficient or advanced levels on the > Wisconsin Reading Comprehension Test, a 22-point increase in seven > years.
I'm not involved in education and do not have a strong opinion on NCLB, but I've read in other places that this dramatic improvement was the result of tests being made easier, not actual improvements in reading. Granted, that could be wrong, but I am always leery of how these conclusions are arrived at either way. -Justin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286695 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
