high school
Panel seeks ways to educate more LA citizens
The Remedial Education Commission begins work on a process to find ways to get more of LA high school students ready to earn post-secondary degrees. New regulations going into effect late 2011 will not allow four-year universities to admit students that need remediation; students will go to a community or technical college to take classes to increase skills. Full article.
Louisiana student scores drop in high school and college
A recent Southern Regional Education Board report indicates that LA students are doing a better-than-average job in elementary reading and mathematics, but achievement levels falter as they move toward high school and college. While most LA fourth-graders scored above national norms in reading and math, the state's eighth-graders fall behind their peers in those subjects. LA's high-school dropout rate is 36 percent, 14 percentage points above the national average. Full Article.
As High School Exit Tests Prove Tough, States Ease Standards
As deadlines approached for schools to make passage of exams a graduation requirement, practice tests indicated that large numbers of students would fail, & many states softened standards, delayed the requirement or added alternative paths to a diploma. Full Article.
Jindal: Expects Strong Recommendations from LA Postsecondary Education Review Commission
During a luncheon in Baton Rouge, Gov. Jindal voiced the pressing need to improve the state’s high school and college graduation rates. “…Louisiana continues to rank at the bottom of states in student achievement and graduation rates,” he said. “We know we’ve got more work to do.” Full Article.
