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Direct linkSparks, Sarah D. – Education Week, 2013
Emerging technology and research on learning have the potential to dramatically improve assessments, if educators and policymakers take a more balanced approach to using them. That's the conclusion of two years of analysis by the Gordon Commission on the Future of Assessment in Education, a panel of top education research and policy experts that…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Academic Achievement, Accountability
Sparks, Sarah D. – Education Week, 2011
As Congress debates how to structure the next iteration of federal school accountability, a new national study has raised serious concerns about the effectiveness of test-based incentives to improve education. A blue-ribbon committee of the National Academies' National Research Council undertook a nearly decade-long study of test-based incentive…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Incentives, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Hoff, David J. – Education Week, 2009
Almost 30,000 schools in the United States failed to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act in the 2007-2008 school year. For states with comparable data for the 2006-2007 school year, the number of such schools increased by 28%. Half those schools missed their achievement goals for two or more years, putting…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Klein, Alyson – Education Week, 2007
This article describes the contents of a proposal released last week by a coalition that includes some of the most prominent critics of the No Child Left Behind Act. It asks Congress to scrap the accountability system at the center of the federal education law in favor of one that holds schools responsible for improving teacher training and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Accountability, Educational Assessment
Viadero, Debra – Education Week, 2007
Coshocton district in Ohio takes part in an unusual experiment that pays students who pass or scores high in the state exams. Pupils here in grades 3 through 6 earn $15 for every "proficient" score and $20 for "accelerated" or "advanced" scores. With annual tests given in five subjects, students can earn up to $100 if…
Descriptors: Experiments, Federal Legislation, Rewards, Motivation
Olson, Lynn – Education Week, 2006
The proportion of public schools' meeting their prescribed achievement targets under the No Child Left Behind Act appears to have fallen slightly in the 2005-06 school year, while the percent classified under the law as needing improvement increased. The trends bear out earlier predictions that schools would find it increasingly hard to show…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Public Schools, Accountability
