New Student-Poverty Measures Proposed for National Tests

Proposed indicators go broader, deeper

Aiming to get a clearer picture of how students' home and community resources affect their academic achievement, America's best-known K-12 education barometer, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, is building a comprehensive new way to gauge socioeconomic status Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader .

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