From the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
The report card is out, and Pennsylvania again landed in the middle of the pack in the rigor of its state testing standards.
The National Center for Education Statistics released a report Wednesday that shows how proficiency standards for state tests measure up against each other and against the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, often known as the Nation’s Report Card.
“This report and the NAEP itself is really used as a yardstick to keep states honest in setting proficiency levels that are rigorous, and shed light on the differences among the states,” said Jim Buckheit, the executive director for the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators…
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