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Interesting! It would be nice if this article is indicative of a future trend.

Article in Educadtion Week

The article rambles a bit (especially at first) but does say the following:


"...there�s no particular incentive to boost the achievement of top performers, many of whom may be hitting the ceiling on their state assessments.

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Mr. Plucker and co-author Nathan Burroughs said their analysis shows that the now 8-year-old law only continued a trend already under way.

'If we were to blame NCLB, that implies that schools were doing a good job at this before NCLB,� said Mr. Plucker. �I think NCLB is actually irrelevant to this.' "

Thanks for posting this. I read it last night and this reply stuck with me:
Proficiency is the equivalent of "Jacks or better to open."

Inky, LOVE it!

Yep, a great way to make the point that proficiency does not equal excellence. The credit for that one goes to Michael J. Dietz, Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Concordia University-Wisconsin.