Rhee uses scores to back up reforms - Washington Times:
"D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee said Thursday that standout gains on a national math test reinforce recent local test results and further validate her aggressive approach to school reform in the District.
'I never like to say that I expect anything,' Ms. Rhee said at a news conference at Mary Church Terrell Elementary School in Southeast Washington. 'We just are glad to see that the progress that our kids are making academically is consistently being seen in lots of different kinds of data.'
The District and four states were the only jurisdictions to see improvements from both fourth- and eighth-grade students since the semiannual National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test was last given in 2007, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Education."
"D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee said Thursday that standout gains on a national math test reinforce recent local test results and further validate her aggressive approach to school reform in the District.
'I never like to say that I expect anything,' Ms. Rhee said at a news conference at Mary Church Terrell Elementary School in Southeast Washington. 'We just are glad to see that the progress that our kids are making academically is consistently being seen in lots of different kinds of data.'
The District and four states were the only jurisdictions to see improvements from both fourth- and eighth-grade students since the semiannual National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test was last given in 2007, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Education."