Panel Proposes Streamlining Math

About a third of the nation's eighth-grade students, and roughly a
quarter of its high school seniors, are proficient writers, according to
nationwide test results released Thursday.
That proportion of students demonstrating writing proficiency is about
the same as in 2002, when a similar exam was last given.
But the results of the latest test, administered last year, also found
modest increases in the skills of lower-performing students. Nearly 9
students in 10 can now demonstrate at least a basic achievement in
writing, defined as partial mastery of the skills needed for proficient
work.
As in the past, girls girls outperformed boys by far, most decisively at the
eighth-grade level, where 41 percent of them achieved

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Starting off Right
Last fall, 191 volunteers from every ward across the city came together to audit 137 DC Public Schools as part of the 4th Annual Ready Schools Project. The results are in!

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A Report on Special Education
A "Report on Special Education," which was produced in collaboration with The Children's Law Center, representatives from the Office of Teacher Education - Howard University, Advocates for Justice and Education, the Institute for Educational Leadership, University Legal Services, UDC Juvenile and Special Education Law Clinic, and The ARC of DC, is based on DC VOICE's 4th Annual Ready School's Project, a community wide audit of public schools.

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Community Events

Please use these two new guides to learn more about the two chief recommendations of the 2007 Ready Schools Project and what other jurisdictions are doing in these two areas.

DC VOICE guide to the Interagency Commission

DC VOICE guide to Professional Development