Note: Article points out low reading and math standards in GA and compares 16 southern states included in Southern Regional Education Board report
Full text article, click here: http://inmyshoes.org/Report.pdf
A new Southern Regional Education Board report focuses on problems with middle schools and suggests that while Texas’ standards for middle school math are “about right,” its middle school reading standards are too low.
You’ll find a summary of the report in the press release below:
Too Many of Region’s Students Unprepared for High School; Achievement Not Rising Quickly Enough, New Report Finds
ATLANTA — Modest gains in reading and mathematics achievement on state assessments and low academic standards are signs that too many middle grades students are not well-prepared for high school courses, a major new report by the nonprofit Southern Regional Education Board shows.
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Six SREB states appear to have set standards at about the right levels in reading: Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and Mississippi. South Carolina’s standards appear too high. Nine SREB states’ reading standards appeared too low: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
In eighth-grade math, eight states appear to have set standards about right: Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina and Texas. South Carolina’s appeared too high. Seven SREB states’ math standards appear too low: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
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