"Failing schools are rarely improved or closed"

[Monty Neill <monty@fairtest.org>]

From ASCD:

Failing schools are rarely improved or closed, study finds 
<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/AfdkwMjbBXAiviCicOlJCicNPTSa?format=standard>
Schools that struggle to meet standards rarely improve and rarely are 
being closed, according to a new study that shows only 1% of schools 
said to be failing in 2003-04 exceeded state standards five years later. 
The study, released by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Basis Policy 
Research, studied failing elementary and middle schools in 10 states and 
found that more than 90% of such schools remained in the bottom quartile 
of schools after five years. Chester E. Finn Jr., the Fordham 
Institute's president, said the research shows school-improvement plans 
"just didn't work out very often." Education Week (premium article 
access compliments of EdWeek.org) 
<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/AfdkwMjbBXAiviCicOlJCicNPTSa?format=standard> 
(12/14

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/12/14/15fordham.h30.html?tkn=UYUFSFKbDVOnvUcmcrSz8GdD2eBWO%2FXCjYaF&cmp=clp-sb-ascd


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