Cross-posted at Education Week. A growing number of states are working toward setting standards for college and career readiness. In many of those states, the argument is being made that because all students should leave high school ready for college or career, the high school diploma...
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by Nathan Driskell “You are what you measure,” as they say in the business community. If that is true, then what does that mean when you are talking about student testing in the United States? The assessments currently used in most American schools have advanced beyond...
Cross-posted at Education Week. Terry Holliday, the recently retired chief state school officer in Kentucky, has written a short piece for the Association for Career & Technical Education on what it means to be "work ready" that is rather interesting. He's been reading the state plans...
Cross-posted at Education Week. My grandson came to me a few months following up on some earlier conversations we had had about his future. He was getting ready to apply to colleges and wanted a little help thinking through what sort of career he wanted for...
Cross-posted at Education Week. I recently wrote a blog about the way the top-performing countries set up their accountability systems to assure college and career readiness. A few days later, I read a new report by the Council of Chief State School Officers called "Destination Known:...
Cross-posted at Education Week. The typical American high school student leaves high school two to three years behind the typical high school graduate in the countries with the world's best education systems, reads at a 7th or 8th grade level, has a hard time comprehending college...
Cross-posted at Education Week In my last blog, I said that I would begin a series of blogs intended for states that decide they want an education system second to none in the world. This blog lays out a proposal for a high school diploma that...