EQI may replace API in school rankings - by Kathryn Baron California’s Academic Performance Index (API) was never supposed to be based on a single test. When it was created as part of the Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999, the legislation was clear on that point. “This bill would require the ...
FORUM: testing science - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess Should science be tested as frequently on statewide standardized tests as English language arts and math? That’s one of a package of recommendations in “Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, ...
Who influences education in America? Can anyone? - by Peter Schrag John Merrow, the respected reporter and producer of education pieces for the PBS NewsHour and other documentaries, recently “speculated [as he put it] about the most influential person in American education.” At the top of his original list of ...
