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| · The State of State Assessment |
| · A new yardstick? Or another excuse for bad schools? |
| · District embracing testing, data; Hot Springs' analysis program employed by other schools |
| · Ed-yu-cay-shun; putting two and two together |
| · State board votes for switch to one standardized test |
| · Gordy speaks at chamber luncheon |
| · Testing, one, two, three... |
| · 2 schools' teachers get test-score pay; Expand LR incentives backers say |
| · Here we go again; and how to change things |
| · U.S. tells Arkansas it must prove its public school tests aren’t too easy |
| · Officials applaud students’ test gains; Scores top 2005’s on several exams |
| · Charter chatter; More education laboratories |
| · Still serious; Don't mess with the Supremes |
| · This may explain it |
| · KIPP, KIPP hooray! Congratulations and many moooore... |
| · Keep Paron school open, judge orders; But start of classes unlikely Monday |
| · Our way of life? Please just give it a rest. |
| · LR School Board expands teacher merit-pay program |
| · Another bad idea; it's a campaign year, after all. |
| · State's education reforms working |
| · States Giving Performance Pay by Doling Out Bonuses |
| · Asian nations move to head of class |
| · Teachers at 6 LR schools OK pilot merit-pay plans |
| · Educators say it's time to revisit opt-out clause |
| · Smart Core, smart move |
| · Lesson from the Palmetto State |
| · Tougher courses advised at schools |
| · Floor raised again |
| · State education plan gets tentative OK |
| · School-funding case stays in court |
| · Supreme supervision |
| · Seeing the merit (pay) |
| · Education chief urges tough classes for all by law |
| · Creating a student |
| · Keep your nasty money! |
| · We're 29! We're 29! |
| · Give Top Teachers a Bonus |
| · Merit pay works |
| · City gushing over scholarships |
| · Committee OK's 1-school-test contract |
| · It's about time |
| · Bring on the bonus checks |
| · Pair of charter schools in Arkansas honored |
| · State free of court in Lake View case |
| · Arkansas tests among most difficult |
| · States' educational standards vary widely, study shows |
| · Southern students post AP test gains |
| · Surprise, y'all! |
| · 'Proficiency' on State Tests, NAEP Often a Mismatch, Study Confirms |
| · The sound of competition |
| · Students' test scores up; black-white gap shrinks |
| · May her tribe increase! |
| · Discrepencies Make Ranking More Difficult |
| · Arkansas expert says merit pay worthy idea |
| · The promise keeper |
| · Lawmakers look at teacher bonuses |
| · The war on quality |
| · Change is coming to public schools |
| · Charter schools in LR get OK from agency |
| · Charter for excellence |
| · Good report card |
| · Students getting better test scores |
| · 814 pupils accepted to eStem |
| · Grant's funds go to school center |
| · Director appointed for new school center |
| · 3 LR charter schools get tax-exempt status |
| · For putting children first Obama gets an A |
| · What a concept |
| · State to widen struggling-school labels |
| · Arkansas sees rise in failing schools |
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Information recently released by the College Board shows that the number of students participating in Advanced Placement (AP) Exams in 2005 increased by 108 percent over 2004, representing the largest increase in access to Advanced Placement curricula any state has achieved in a single year during the 50-year history of the College Board's AP program. |
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| What West Memphis School District is doing with their assessment should be used as a model for the state, said Arkansans for Education Reform Foundation executive director Luke Gordy as he spoke about the educational delivery system core principles. |
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| Arkansans for Education Reform Foundation Executive Director Luke Gordy said Wednesday people need to prevent "watering down" the 2003 and 2004 education reforms. He also said it is too soon to tell how his organization will react to education measures in the current legislative session. |
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| Formed last year to advocate for legislative changes in the operation of public schools, the Arkansans for Education Reform organization has morphed into a nonprofit foundation to educate parents and others about accountability, school choice and other measures intended to improve public education. |
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| After spending four years sifting through hundreds of studies on teacher education, a national panel has concluded that there's little empirical evidence to show that many of the most common practices in the field produce effective teachers. |
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| U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has indicated she may be open to the new ways of measuring school progress, known as "growth" models, under the No Child Left Behind Act. But state officials are still unsure what the federal government might find acceptable. |
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| New York City Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein announced plans last week to measure schools based on how much their students gain from one year to the next, in addition to the proportion who score at particular cutoffs on state tests. |
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