Results from this year’s National Assessment of Education Progress revealed that most states have stagnated in making academic progress.
But a few states did show improvement. One of them was Arizona, a remarkable success story in a state burdened with more than its share of K-12 challenges.
Dr. Matthew Ladner, a senior policy advisor and researcher for the Foundation for Excellence in Education, documented this success in an opinion piece for the Arizona Republic.
“Arizona students didn’t just survive the Great Recession – academically, they thrived through it,’’ he wrote. “In fact, Arizona students show better academic mastery now than in any previous measured period, despite very real challenges.’’
To read more, follow this link: http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2015/11/04/arizona-naep-scores/75044898/
