“Teachers Come Up Short In Testing”
In Philadelphia, students aren’t the only ones struggling to pass tests.
Half of the district’s middle school teachers who took tests to become certified as highly qualified under the federal No Child Left Behind law failed, district results show….
Philadelphia teachers failed the test at a far greater rate than those in the rest of the state. Excluding Philadelphia, 77 percent of the 2,905 teachers statewide passed, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Education. One-third of the teachers statewide who failed work in Philadelphia.
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Moving On?
Blogger has served me well for four months while I attempted this blogging thing, striving to write thoughtful and well-written posts. I’m thinking of moving on to TypePad, a much more versatile web tool.
There are so many things I want to do that I can’t do well with Blogspot. For an example of TypePad’s blogging tool, check out Baldilocks’ blog. Stay tuned!
