HSPA

NJ’s Diploma Scam: Part I

Last Tuesday the Education Law Center (ELC) sent a letter to Commissioner Bret Schundler requesting that he “set aside the…

15 years ago

Lifeline for Trenton Central High?

In yesterday’s Trenton Times Drs. James Deneen and Carmen Catanese propose a three-part fix for Trenton Central High School, one…

15 years ago

Parent: “Pathetic” Test Scores of Black Kids in Ewing, N.J.

An informed parent in the Mercer County school district of Ewing Township, David Roscoe Brown, writes in the Trenton Times…

15 years ago

NAACP Goes to Trenton

A representative from the Trenton branch of the NAACP told the Trenton School Board last night that it must do…

15 years ago

Grading on a Curve

Why did Lucille Davy and the DOE suddenly raise the score required for “proficiency” on N.J.’s standardized assessments for middle…

15 years ago

Mainstream Media Pans N.J.’s Backdoor Diploma Scam

The Jersey papers are chock-full of stories and editorials today about the SRA scam in which kids who fail the…

16 years ago

What To Do When Half our Poor Kids Can’t Pass an 8th Grade Test?

While recent New Jersey history is not part of the State Board of Education’s just-released high school graduation requirements, let’s…

16 years ago

Quote of the Day

The SRA [Special Review Assessment] is in some ways a modern paraphrase of the Wizard of Oz's gift to the…

16 years ago

N.J. Has The Highest Graduation Rate in the U.S. Not.

The Record crows today,New Jersey continues to lead the nation in the percentage of students who graduate from high school,…

16 years ago

Honors Students Failing HSPA’s?

Here’s a shocker. The Asbury Park Press’s Diane D'Amico reports that most kids who took the Special Review Assessment, an…

16 years ago