Joanne JacobsSep 262 min readThe honesty gap: 'How are parents supposed to understand this?' States are hiding pandemic learning loss by lowering the bar for "proficiency" on state tests.
Joanne JacobsDec 19, 20231 min readA diploma for you and a diploma for you! States drop exit examsGrades are up and tests are out. "More states could abandon high school exit exams as a graduation requirement, writes Libby Stanford in...
Joanne JacobsNov 29, 20232 min read'B-flation' misleads parents: 89% say their child is at grade levelSeventy-nine percent of parents say their child is receiving mostly B's or better, and 89 percent believe their child is at or above...