OT: what ever happened to ebonics? On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Justin Scott <[email protected]>wrote:
> > 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:286696 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
