Another product of George Bush's “no child left behind” initiative???
According to the Washington Post Ol’ Georgie is very happy with the results of the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress Report. The assessment administered by the Education Department samples students in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in order to measure educational trends. This year the tests were given to more than 702,000 students.
According to the report, just in our nation’s capital alone, only 14 percent of fourth-graders and 8 percent of eighth-graders scored proficient or better in math. In reading, 14 percent of fourth-graders and 12 percent of eighth-graders were proficient or better. The fourth-grade proficiency rate was up from 11 percent in 2005, and the eighth-grade rate was unchanged. Yes, you read right!!... Only 8 percent of D.C. eighth graders are proficient in math and Bush says the results are “outstanding”??? But you must consider the source...
This is the same administration currently involved in a federal lawsuit challenging their rules on teacher credentials, saying they fail to ensure that all students have highly qualified teachers. According to the lawsuit, poor and minority students are more likely to be taught by teachers-in-training; in many cases, about 12% of poor students' teachers are interns.
Poor Kitty…Not only does he have to deal with the shame of illiteracy but now he has to die a slow painful death due to rabies.
Awwww…..
According to the Washington Post Ol’ Georgie is very happy with the results of the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress Report. The assessment administered by the Education Department samples students in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in order to measure educational trends. This year the tests were given to more than 702,000 students.
According to the report, just in our nation’s capital alone, only 14 percent of fourth-graders and 8 percent of eighth-graders scored proficient or better in math. In reading, 14 percent of fourth-graders and 12 percent of eighth-graders were proficient or better. The fourth-grade proficiency rate was up from 11 percent in 2005, and the eighth-grade rate was unchanged. Yes, you read right!!... Only 8 percent of D.C. eighth graders are proficient in math and Bush says the results are “outstanding”??? But you must consider the source...
This is the same administration currently involved in a federal lawsuit challenging their rules on teacher credentials, saying they fail to ensure that all students have highly qualified teachers. According to the lawsuit, poor and minority students are more likely to be taught by teachers-in-training; in many cases, about 12% of poor students' teachers are interns.
Poor Kitty…Not only does he have to deal with the shame of illiteracy but now he has to die a slow painful death due to rabies.
Awwww…..
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