NPR – Elissa Nadworny
“A federal report out today reinforces the notion that when it comes to state standards, proficiency is still in the eye of the beholder. A top-scoring student on Arizona’s reading test may fall far below average in states with more rigorous exams, like Massachusetts or Wisconsin. The new report, by the National Center for Education Statistics, compares each state’s performance on state tests with their performance on the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Performance – or NAEP.”(more)