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1/9/2002 -- Math Scores Show Improvement But 'Achievement Gap' Persists
10/10/2001 -- Department of Defense School System's Success Provides Lessons for State and Local Systems
Study Offers Eight Ways To Enhance Student Achievement
10/10/2001 -- March Toward Excellence: School Success and Minority Student Achievement in Department of Defense Schools
10/2/2001 -- The NEGP presents the new Interactive Data Center. The Data Center allows you to view 10 years of data through tables and graphs, compare states, compare your state to other states and the nation, and to find out who the highest performing states in the nation are on particular goal indicators.
8/17/2001 -- Eighth Graders Show Improvement But Achievement Gap Persists
8/17/2001 -- NEGP Infograph - Achievement Gaps Remain Constant Among Racial Groups in Grade 8 math.
8/14/2001 -- Rep. Spencer Coggs Honored For Supporting Educational Excellence
Goals Panel Member Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to Education Improvement.
8/14/2001 -- Rep. Mary Lou Cowlishaw Honored For Supporting Educational Excellence
Goals Panel Member Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to Education Improvement.
8/14/2001 -- Rep. Douglas Jones Honored For Supporting Educational Excellence
Goals Panel Member Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to Education Improvement.
8/14/2001 -- Senator Stoll Honored For Supporting Educational Excellence
Goals Panel Member Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to Education Improvement.
8/14/2001 -- Goals Panel Members Honored For Supporting Educational Excellence
Four Members of the National Education Goals Panel Recognized by the College Board for Outstanding Contributions to Education Improvement.
7/17/2001 -- Nation's Low-Performing Readers Are Falling Behind
Fourth Grade Reading Scores of Bottom 10th Percentile Declined in the 1990's
7/17/2001 -- NEGP Infograph - Nation's Low-Performing Readers Are Falling Behind
Fourth Grade Reading Scores of Bottom 10th Percentile Declined in the 1990's
6/26/2001 -- High School Completion Rates Stay Level Despite Rising Academic Standards
6/26/2001 -- NEGP Infograph - High School Completion Rates Remain Steady Despite Rising Standards
5/21/2001 -- Top 4th Graders Outperform Lowest Achieving 8th Graders in Math
Nations Highest Achieving 4th Graders Performed Better Than the Lowest Performing 8th Graders in National and State Math Assessment
5/21/2001 -- NEGP Infograph - Top 4th Graders Outperform Lowest Achieving 8th Graders in Math
4/23/2001 -- U.S. Students Lose Ground in International Comparisons of Mathematics and Science Between 4th and 8th Grades
Student Cohort Performance Declines Compared to Other Countries Between 4th and 8th Grades.
4/23/2001 -- NEGP Infograph - U.S. Students Lose Ground in Math and Science
4/6/2001 -- Raising Achievement and Reducing Gaps: Reporting Progress Toward Goals for Academic Achievement
Raising Achievement and Reducing Gaps: Reporting Progress Toward Goals for Achievement, provides a new analysis of student achievement scores for states on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP. The report analyzes state NAEP data to identify state trends in performance as well as changes in the student achievement gap between whites and minority (black and Hispanic) and top and bottom quartiles. Among other findings, the analysis does show that states are making more progress in mathematics achievement than in reading. View the individual state releases below.
4/6/2001 -- New Panel Report Shows Math Up, While Gap in Reading Performance Grows
State-by-State Analysis of NAEP Data Also Shows Growing Gap Between Best and Worst Readers, Minorities and Whites.
4/3/2001 -- Analysis of State NAEP Data Shows Good News in Math, Increasing Gaps in Reading
New Analysis Contrasts Widening Gaps in Reading with Improvements in Mathematics. Goals Panel to Hold Briefing.
3/22/2001 -- Percentage of Public High School Students Being Threatened or Injured at School Declining
Number of Tenth Graders Threatened or Injured at School on Decline
3/22/2001 -- NEGP Infograph - Tenth Graders Report Drop in School Violence
2/26/2001 -- National Education Goals Panel Accepts Sweeping Recommendations in Measuring Education Progress
Changes Include Annual State NAEP and Exploring Reshaping Goals
2/21/2001 -- National Education Goals Panel to Consider Sweeping Changes in Measuring Education Progress
February Meeting Will Also See New Panel Chair and Members.
2/15/2001 -- More High School Graduates Enrolling in College
39 States Increase College Enrollments, Racial Gap in Matriculation Goes from 14 to 9 Percent.
2/15/2001 -- NEGP Infograph - Participation in Higher Education
2/13/2001 -- Promising Practices: Progress Toward the Goals, 2000
Details successful practices and policies in place in 20 states that have made significant progress and demonstrated high achievement in one or more of the Eight National Education Goals. This publication "tells the story" behind the data. You may also view the state fact sheets listed below:
2/13/2001 -- National Education Goals Panel Recognizes Twenty States For Their Promising Practices
Report Highlights Successful Practices in Working Toward National Education Goals
2/6/2001 -- 50 States Make the Grade in Advanced Placement Exams
U.S. Increases Number of AP Examinations Receiving Top Grades
2/6/2001 -- NEGP Infograph - Advanced Placement Performance
12/21/2000 -- 2001 Will See Increased Focus on Education Issues
Goals Panel Members Predict Bipartisan Cooperation on Education Issues
12/15/2000 -- Bringing All Students to High Standards - NEGP Policy Recommendations Adopted December 7, 2000
12/7/2000 -- National Education Goals Panel Director Bids Farewell
Ken Nelson announces retirement after seven years of service.
12/7/2000 -- Lessons from Local Schools: Goals Panel Report Shows What Works in Standards-Based Reform
Panel Issues Call to Action for New Administration Based on Year-long Examination of Successful Schools.
12/7/2000 -- Bringing All Students to High Standards: Report on National Education Goals Panel Field Hearings
12/6/2000 -- Teleconference Shows How Standards Work
Rising to the Test Broadcast Highlights Successful Practices in All Types of Learning Environments.
11/29/2000 -- December 6, 2000 Goals Panel National Teleconference on Rising to the Test: Meeting the Challenges of Standards, Assessment and Accountability in Education Today. Click here for more information http://www.negp.gov/teleconf/index.htm or call the Goals Panel at (202) 724-0078 to find out how you can get involved.
11/29/2000 -- National Education Goals Panel Meeting (Open to the public) Thursday, December 7, 2000 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Ballroom, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Agenda for this meeting includes: (1) NEGP's Measuring Success Task Force presenting recommendations; (2) The Panel will issue a summary of the public hearings about bringing all students to high standards, convened this year by Governor Tommy Thompson (WI). The Panel will decide what findings and policy recommendations it would like to make on this important subject; and (3) Thank you and farewell expressions will be made to those attending their last Panel meeting.
11/29/2000 -- National Education Goals Panel to Host National Teleconference
Panelists to explore how schools are rising to the test of standards, assessment and accountability.
11/16/2000 -- Parents are Going Back to School
High Percentage of Parents Getting Involved in School Activities
11/16/2000 -- NEGP Infograph - Parents Keep Active in School Activities
10/12/2000 -- More Families Reading or Telling Stories to Children
Percentage of Parents Reading and Telling Stories to their Children Regularly is on the Rise
10/12/2000 -- NEGP Infograph - More Family-Child Reading and Storytelling
10/2/2000 -- National Education Goals Panel Releases Case Study on High Science Achievement
Case study finds existence of de facto statewide science curriculum crucial to science success.
10/2/2000 -- Minnesota & TIMSS, Exploring High Achievement in Eighth Grade Science
This case study in an in-depth examination of why eighth grade science students in Minnesota were second only to Singapore in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS). The authors of the study identify several characteristics of science education that are unique to Minnesota that explain the state's world-class performance in 8th grade science. These characteristics include: high expectations for all students; focus and coherence in curriculum; alignment fostered by the existence of de facto science standards; continuity; and capacity within the teaching profession.
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