2005 - Non-AEPI Publications/Writing
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Lead With Five: Five Investments to Improve Arizona Public Education
Date:
February 2005
Source:
The Rodel Foundation
This report offers five investments
to make Arizona public education better: provide full-day kindergarten, prepare and reward
teachers, create smaller schools, reduce class size, and provide one-on-one tutoring.
PDFWhat's Truly Improvement Hard to Tell
Date:
September 12, 2005
Author:
Billie Stanton
Source:
Tucson Citizen
From the high-stakes Arizona's Instrument to
Measure Standards, or AIMS, to the Stanford 9 - now being replaced by Terra Nova - and the
National Assessment of Educational Progress, our children are being drilled on a seemingly
perpetual basis.
Date:
April 22, 2005
Author:
Pat Kossan
Source:
The Arizona Republic
Minority students in Arizona's Class of 2006 continue
to score very low on the high school AIMS exit exam and remain most in danger of not receiving their
diplomas on graduation day, a study released Thursday concluded.
Date:
April 3, 2005
Author:
Pat Kossan
Source:
The Arizona Republic
The 2004 high school AIMS test was not overloaded
with tough, pre-college questions, and most struggling students could pass the exit exam if they
received targeted tutoring, researchers from two state universities reported last week.
Date:
January 30, 2005
Source:
The Arizona Republic
This collection of articles outlines the
Lead With Five report released by the Rodel Charitable Foundation of Arizona, which suggests five
investments to make Arizona public education better.