Are Ohio’s student achievement goals ambitious enough?
In the education world, the last couple months have been awash in news and commentary about sagging student achievement in the wake of the pandemic.
In the education world, the last couple months have been awash in news and commentary about sagging student achievement in the wake of the pandemic.
NOTE: Today, the state board of education heard public comment on a pending resolution which would call for the elimination of the
Today’s headline says it all for me, but a) I can’t make this gig all about myself or all 9 of you dedicated Gadfly Bites subscribers will no doubt abandon ship, and b) this “other” story is interesting also.
Here’s another angle on a story we talked about earlier this week: Changing the way students are taught to read in Dayton-area schools.
If you’ve been paying attention to education headlines this fall, you’ve likely noticed a spate of think pieces and analyses
Indianan Christopher Lubienski, PhD, is not a fan of vouchers for low-income folks to attend private schools with the help of state funds.
The gist of
I don’t know from this piece what they were doing before now, but
The grouping of students into smaller, more homogeneous cohorts is a widespread instructional strategy utilized in elementary classrooms across the country. It is intended to boost the academic outcomes of all students through instruction targeted at an appropriate level, be that remedial or advanced or somewhere in between.
The chair of the Senate Education Committee on Friday gave Gongwer a preview of his priorities for the upcoming lame duck legislative session.
Not much to report on, really, but let’s get to it.
So we had our NAEP teaser on Monday. Let’s dig into the details today.
Every two years, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) checks the pulse of students’ math and reading achievement across the United States. After a one-year hiatus, the U.S. Department of Education released its latest data from tests given to a representative sample of students in early 2022.
Today, the United States Department of Education released data from the 2022 round of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the “Nation’s Report Card.” These assessments are given to a representative sample of students from every state and provides one of the most comprehensive looks at student achievement across the nation.
It’s a sure bet that
We’re back after a Friday break and covering a plethora of news from 10/12 – 10/17/22.
Last month, we looked at the recently released state assessment data from the 2021–22 school year. The results are sobering: Student achievement remains depressed in the wake of the pandemic, and gaps between disadvantaged pupils and their peers have widened.
In the summer of 2021, Ohio lawmakers caved to political pressure and created an off-ramp for the three districts under an Academic Distress Com
As if they did not realize that the state legislature was not currently in session (it’s election season not lawgiving season, dontcha know?),
For the better part of the past decade, Ohio has required schools to hold back third graders who do not meet state reading standards.
Fordham’s latest Ohio policy brief—focused on strengthening teacher re
There’s a lot of needless blather in this piece, but the bottom line is that
A few weeks ago, Ohio released state report cards for the 2021–22 school year.
Both Fordham and the Ohio Education Association are thinking about how to strengthen the teacher workforce in our state
“We’ll
The past two school years have been anything but normal due to pandemic disruptions, with student achievement showing the strain.