- Increasing number of schools failed to meet goals, By Emily Johns and Sarah Lemagie, August 11, 2009, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune: “More schools in Minnesota failed to meet state math and reading goals this year, but data released Monday about which schools are falling behind contained some bright spots for educators. According to the Minnesota Department of Education, 1,048 out of 2,303 schools are not making “adequate yearly progress” under the 2002 No Child Left Behind law. That number is up from 931 last year and 727 in 2007. But compared with last year, fewer high schools and junior highs are falling behind. The list of struggling schools grew partly because of elementary schools that didn’t meet targets, which get tougher every year…”
- Minnesota fails to keep pace with No Child Left Behind standards, By Doug Belden and MaryJo Webster, August 11, 2009, Pioneer Press: “About half of Minnesota schools failed to make sufficient progress under state testing guidelines in 2009, roughly the same results as last year. ‘There are no surprises,’ state Education Commissioner Alice Seagren said Monday. With each passing year, Minnesota and other states fall further behind schedule on the federally mandated goal of 100 percent proficiency in reading and math by 2014, but Seagren said Minnesota is ‘making really strong progress in many areas.’ The number of high schools hitting the targets grew, for example, from 210 last year to 242 this year, she said. On the other hand, the number of elementary schools measuring up dropped from 592 to 523. Monday’s release of the “adequate yearly progress” list is step two in the state’s annual high-stakes data dump…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty