Md. student achievement growth is tops in the nation, report finds - Maryland Schools Insider - The Washington Post: Maryland students led the nation in growth in reading, science and math performance on a national test, according to a report released this week.
The analysis by a Stanford economist and Harvard education policy expert surveyed student performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress between 1995 and 2009 to see whether reforms, such as the introduction of school accountability programs or increased spending on education, were making a difference in a yawning international achievement gap.
American students gained the equivalent of one additional year of learning over that time, they estimated. And in top-performing states, including Maryland, students acquired an additional two years of learning in the same period.
