Education Week: Sterling Lloyd

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Consensus on Meaning of 'Readiness' Remains Elusive

June 5, 2009 The backdrop for policy debates continues to be formed by a host of disconcerting statistics about the college readiness and college-completion rates of American students.

Mismatch Between Policy Efforts and Projected Need for ESL Teachers

January 14, 2009 For the first time in its 13-year history, Quality Counts provides a comprehensive examination of state efforts to address the challenge of educating English-language learners (ELLs). Produced by Education Week and the EPE Research Center, Quality Counts 2009 maps the demographic trends of this diverse, rapidly growing group of students and highlights state policies that support English-learners.

State-Reported Graduation Rates at Variance with Independent Calculations

June 25, 2008 Under current U.S. Department of Education regulations, states can exercise considerable latitude in choosing methods to calculate high school graduation rates under the No Child Left Behind Act. Most states use calculation methods that tend to produce inflated graduation rates by including unreliable dropout data in their formulas.

States Notch Slow, Steady Progress Toward Consistent Graduation Goals

May 30, 2008

Sanctions and Low-Performing Schools

March 5, 2008

Few States Require Promotion Exams

January 2, 2008

Policies Steering Supplemental Educational Services to Struggling Schools

November 6, 2007

Ninth Grade is Key in Graduation Pipeline

October 2, 2007

Gender Gap in Graduation

July 6, 2007