AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Blame The Test.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
Education: Do tougher standards work? Not when they're undercut by massive bureaucracy, powerful teachers' unions and political correctness.
Take California. Starting in 2004, students there have to take a challenging exam proving their competency in both English and math in order to get a diploma.
Sounds like a great idea, right? Well, the state is already administering the tests, and the news isn't good.
Some 52% of juniors failed the test this year. Among key minority groups, the performance was worse: just 28% of blacks passed, and only 30% of Hispanics. Whites had a pass rate of 65%.
Asians were the standout group. They passed at a 70% rate. Put another way, nearly a third of Asians who took the test flunked it.
What does all this mean?
Alarmed at the shocking failure of the school system to educate their kids, California's parents have pushed for more spending in recent years to improve instruction. They got it. It hasn't worked.
- Return to a golden state. (California's foreign banks)
- Magazine article from: The Banker Palmer, George March 1, 1997 700+ words
...reports from Los Angeles California has the sixth biggest...Yet for years the state has been mired in recession...1992, unemployment in California had climbed to 9.7...for foreign-owned state banks and locally owned...of both geography--California prides itself on being...
- The lame-duck state. (California)
- Magazine article from: State Legislatures Foster, Douglas July 1, 1994 700+ words
...extinction. Three years ago, California voters, enraged by economic...of term limits on one state government. Term limits...been imposed on some 16 state legislatures; active...them exist in six more states. During the time I watched...powerful lobbyists for California-based insurance ...
- Study Predicts Physicians Will Leave the State.(California Medical Association...
- Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal WEBB, MARION July 23, 2001 700+ words
...said they plan to practice in another state, retire early or change professions...According to the Medical Board of California, 18,872 doctors listed California as their primary address. The state licensing agency's data also pointed...
- Gray Davis's one-party state.(California)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) May 6, 2000 700+ words
...the 80 seats in the state Assembly; both federal...52 seats held by the California delegation to the House...dynasty--built up the state institutions California Democrats cherish...while Jerry expanded the state's green laws. Liberals...
- Valley grows faster than state: CALIFORNIA GROWTH SLOWS AS PEOPLE LEAVE FOR...
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) December 21, 2006 700+ words
...Contra Costa. California's population...in 2006. The state's growth, however...move to other states. "I think there...more people left California for the other 49 states than arrived from...Overall, the state's population...
- PONTIAC SALES CONTINUE TO SOAR IN GOLDEN STATE -- CALIFORNIA VALUE SELLING A...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 7, 1994 700+ words
...April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- California Value Selling is fueling the...continues to deliver Golden State consumers as the division posted...Compared to 1993, retail sales in California were up 63 percent in March...Grand Am continues to be the state's most popular Pontiac...
- Chrome Thunder Rolls to the Golden State: California Lottery Signs Its First...
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 21, 2000 700+ words
...tickets are $2 each. "The California Lottery is delighted to...Wilson, the Director of the California Lottery. "We are thrilled that the California Lottery -- one of the largest...can be customized for a state, region or time of year...
- Golden State. (California closes Rancho Seco, Channel One won't be seen in...
- Magazine article from: The Nation June 26, 1989 700+ words
...and assorted other products. California Superintendent of Public Instruction...considers it illegal under state law because it is not an educational...company vows to keep after other states, but already counsel to New...the program may violate the state Constitution.
