http://www.myshortpencil.com/blog Education News & Commentary Fri, 23 Jun 2006 03:37:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.myshortpencil.com/blog/2005/10/20/regents-state-exams/jerry/2005-naep-and-new-york-scores-compared/ http://www.myshortpencil.com/blog/2005/10/20/regents-state-exams/jerry/2005-naep-and-new-york-scores-compared/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2005 05:04:32 +0000 Jerry http://www.myshortpencil.com/blog/?p=20 Education Department. With a panel of 5 graphs, located here, I compare NY's pass rate on state exams to its pass rate on national exams.  The bottom line is that New Yorkers should be especially cautious in relying on state Education Department data to assess the strength of our students' academic abilities and the rates at which they are increasing--if at all.]]> http://www.myshortpencil.com/blog/2005/10/20/regents-state-exams/jerry/2005-naep-and-new-york-scores-compared/feed/ 1