Stalled in Secondary: Student Achievement Lags in Middle Grades and High School

"Three years after enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act, student achievement in reading and math lags in the middle- and high-school grades, and too many states are not making progress closing achievement gaps..." "While some states are making good progress, the overall story demonstrates the need to move faster on reforms."

"The Education Trust analysis of student achievement on state assessments finds that while elementary schools are making modest gains, alarming trends persist at the secondary level. In high schools, for instance, the Latino-White gap grew or stayed the same in more states than it narrowed. We found the same pattern in the gap between poor and non-poor students." Source: Education Trust [via DocuTicker] Download PDF Report

Subjects : No Child Left Behind Act -- U.S. Education