New Report:
NCES has released findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress for the first Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA), conducted in reading and writing in 2002.

You can reach the reading results at:
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/reading/results2002/districtresults.asp

Writing results are available at:
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/writing/results2002/districtresults.asp

TUDA was designed to measure what students at grades 4 and 8 in several large urban school districts know and can do in these two subjects. Previously, NAEP has reported results at the national and state levels only.

Five districts participated in the 2002 TUDA in reading and writing: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York. Results are available in individual "snapshots" for each district as well as a combined report. In addition, the District of Columbia, which previously participated in NAEP state assessments, is included in comparisons among the districts.

- posted by Brian Schoolar @ 4:19 PM

 
New Report:
NCES has just released the results of the 2002 writing assessment from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
- posted by Brian Schoolar @ 12:20 PM

 
New Report:
Overview and Inventory of State Education Reforms: 1990 to 2000, from NCES describes the role of states in public elementary and secondary education through the 1990s. The report discusses state constitutional, statutory, and regulatory frameworks which provide legal authority for states, local governments, and school districts. This authority allows revenues to be raised for education, and sets conditions for spending those funds. State authority and policies are associated with standards for who may teach and what students are expected to learn, how that learning is assessed, and what accountability measures are put into place. Finally, the report discusses state support for various school choice options.

- posted by Brian Schoolar @ 9:05 AM