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ACT CEO: Current Education System Is Not Working Well Enough

September 8, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

ACT released their 2017 scores, and there is still not a noticeable improvement in students’ college readiness, in fact, underserved students lag behind.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: ACT, college readiness, Common Core, education reform, Martien Roorda, Social-Emotional Learning

Pennsylvania Newspaper Calls for Rejection of Common Core

July 12, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review in an editorial last Thursday called for Pennsylvanians to reject Common Core citing a recent ACT college-readiness study.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: ACT, college readiness, Common Core State Standards, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Jeb Bush Back to Pushing Failed Education Agenda

June 14, 2016 By Jane Robbins

Jane Robbins: Jeb Bush is back in his natural environment of education foundations pushing the agendas of wealthy donors.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: ACT, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, college readiness, Common Core State Standards, Foundation for Excellence in Education, Jeb Bush, Outcome Based Education

ACT: Common Core Does Not Reflect College Readiness in Some Aspects

June 9, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

ACT released a study that demonstrates, once again, that Common Core does not prepare students for college the way that advocates have claimed that it does.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: ACT, college readiness, Common Core

Under Common Core SAT Scores Are Down

September 3, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

On average, high school graduates in the class of 2015 gave the lowest performance on the SAT since the 2,400-point scale was developed nearly a decade ago.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Common Core State Standards Tagged With: college readiness, Common Core, SAT

Common Core Isn’t Helping College Readiness After All

September 2, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

ACT released their annual report last week showing that the level of college-readiness is stagnant among U.S. students.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: ACT, college readiness, Common Core State Standards

Sandra Stotsky: How to Make Common Core Useful?

December 23, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Sandra Stotsky: The idea of a core set of standards is better suited for K-8 which is where the current standards belong in terms of content and cut scores.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: college readiness, Common Core State Standards, high school readiness, Sandra Stotsky, vocational training

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