Texas named #1 in Closing the Expectations Gap

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Texas was recently praised in Education Week magazine for its adoption of college- and career-ready standards, and for holding schools accountable for ensuring students are college-ready.
Each year, on the anniversary of the 2005 National Education Summit on High Schools, Achieve (www.Achieve.org) releases a 50-state progress report on the alignment of high school policies with the …

Texas’ curriculum program earns an “A”

Posted on Wednesday February, 3 2010 | Education | Comments

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Education Week released its Quality Counts annual report mid-January putting Texas on top.
The report confirms that Texas does a superior job in crafting its own curriculum standards, which were created with input from thousands of Texans.
You might recall that Texas, along with Alaska, has refused to join an effort this year to create national standards.
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