Florida school reform offers mixed results at 10-year mark
Florida implemented public-education reform 10 years ago -- grading schools based on students' test scores. Opinion varies on the success of the effort. Test scores have increased and the achievement gap has narrowed, but graduation rates lag -- and critics say that a single test should not be dictating curriculum and determining school success.
Miami Herald, The | 07/25
This story published in ASCD SmartBrief on 07/27/2009
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