The mere mention of international measures of performance is rare in a NCLB waiver. Everyone knows how poorly American students stack up against their global peers on assessments like PISA, so it’s no surprise that states shy away from comparing their own student achievement against international assessments. Instead, states choose to benchmark academic progress against their own past performanContinue Reading »
By Constance Clark on 22 Jan 2013 in Accountability and Standards, College and Career Readiness, ESEA/No Child Left Behind, K-12 Education and tagged Florida NCLB Waivers, NCLB waivers, The Waiver Wire
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