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madinmaryland

(64,933 posts) Wed Oct 29, 2014, 06:33 PM Oct 2014

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A brand new report says Indiana has the best education policies in the country.

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – A brand new report says Indiana has the best education policies in the country.

The report released Wednesday by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) looked at six areas including state academic standards, charter school laws and overall teacher quality.

Indiana had the highest overall grade with a B+. It also placed fourth in the federal National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) rankings.

Ohio got an overall grade of C for its education policies, and came it at number 29 on the NAEP list.

http://wdtn.com/2014/10/29/indiana-gets-b-for-education-policies/

This aired on our local news this evening. One will note where this came from and how it bears no resemblance to reality. Oh, and they spoke highly of the privately run charter schools that can pick and choose the students they want to attend.

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A brand new report says Indiana has the best education policies in the country. (Original Post) madinmaryland Oct 2014 OP

NAEP is just as bad nt d_r Oct 2014 #1

Not at all what I hear from my Indiana school teacher (over 30 years) karynnj Oct 2014 #2

d_r

(6,907 posts)

1. NAEP is just as bad nt

Reply to madinmaryland (Original post)

Wed Oct 29, 2014, 07:10 PM

Oct 2014

karynnj

(59,504 posts)

2. Not at all what I hear from my Indiana school teacher (over 30 years)

Reply to madinmaryland (Original post)

Wed Oct 29, 2014, 07:14 PM

Oct 2014

Not to mention, why do states that score lower have higher achievement scores than Indiana -- ie states like MA, VT, NJ to name just three.

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