Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress. Volume 6, Number 16

Sonst. Personen	Amos, Jason (Hrsg.)
Institution	Alliance for Excellent Education
Titel	Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress. Volume 6, Number 16
Quelle	(2006), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Graduation Rate; High School Graduates; Remedial Instruction; Public Education; Educational Finance; Scores; Standardized Tests; National Standards; College Preparation; Federal Legislation; Job Skills; State Government; Literacy Education; Reading Skills; Illiteracy; Budgets; ACT Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Förderkurs; Öffentliche Erziehung; Bildungsfonds; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Bundesrecht; Produktive Fertigkeit; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Analphabetismus; Finanzhaushalt; Assessment; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Hochschulzulassung
Abstract	"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Paying Double: United States Spends Over $1.4 Billion Annually on Remedial Education for Recent High School Graduates; (2) ACT Scores on the Rise: Class of 2006 Shows Improvement, but Majority of High School Graduates Still Unprepared for Success in College; (3) President Signs Perkins Reauthorization into Law: New Law Boasts Greater Focus on College and Work Preparation; (4) Open Wide and Say "Ahh": NGA Annual Checkup Finds Some States Making Progress in Implementing Graduation Rate Reporting Agreement; and (5) "Literacy Sustains Development": International Literacy Day Draws Attention to 1 in 5 People Worldwide Who Cannot Read or Write. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10