But the Every Student Succeeds Act’s demand for better ways to measure success is worth a try. Under No Child Left Behind, state school boards often set a low bar for passing exams so that their proficiency rates would be high. Good schools come from good teaching cultures. It is usually not legislation that produces good schools; rather, it’s teachers and administrators who understand learning and unite to make it happen. But new measuring devices can inspire good ideas.

Source: Washington Post May 15, 2016 15:41 UTC