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Nolan’s first criticisms based on the data in the EQA report focus on the “achievement gap,” defined as the test score gap for six different subgroups of students—blacks, whites, Hispanics, Asians, special education students, and low income students...
...comparing the worst performing subgroup, special education students, to the best, Asians, Fowler-Finn showed how “education equity” could decrease even as test scores increased...
...Test scores have improved across the board under Fowler-Finn’s tenure, from 2003 to 2005. But they have clearly improved more slowly than some committee members would like, and still lag behind state averages...
...restaurant. "Her parents expected her to make good grades, and she made good grades," recalls Wark. "She was always interested in pleasing her parents, particularly her father. He was a teacher and very demanding. She did not want him to disapprove of her." She took a calculus test from which she was exempt to prove her capability. "I think her dad really wanted her to do it," says Kyle Weygandt, another classmate...
...That's why, even as the DLC was laying out its agenda in Denver, the real test of the party's direction has been playing out more than 1,600 miles away in Waterbury, Connecticut. There, Bill Clinton was campaigning to help Senator Joe Lieberman - who, like Hillary Clinton, voted in favor of the Iraq invasion - hold onto his job against anti-war challenger Ned Lamont. (Both Clintons have said that they will ultimately support the winner of the primary...