A total of 18,508 Utah students took 29,851 Advance Placement (AP) exams in 2011 and passed them at a rate of 68 percent, according to data released today by the College Board, creators of the AP exams. This represents a 7.5 percent increase in AP participation in Utah and an increase of 1 percent in passage rates. . . . → Read More
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More Utah high school seniors, and a more diverse group of seniors than ever before, took the ACT college entrance examination during their high school career and their average score held steady at 21.8 for the fourth year in a row, according to data released today by ACT. Utah’s scores continue to outpace the national average, which was at 21.1, ACT reported. . . . → Read More 
What is the achievement gap? Seems a simple enough question, but the answer might surprise you. The achievement gap comes in a variety of shapes and sizes. It also matters how that achievement gap is being measured and by what testing methodology. Hence, when someone talks about the achievement gap without providing more details, they are not really saying anything useful. . . . → Read More
Yet another report is taking a shot at Utah public education. In the latest by CNBC, Utah comes in 46th in education based upon four factors: test scores, per-pupil funding, class size and concentration of institutions of higher education. Last year, the Utah Foundation did a similar report comparing Utah to seven states with similar demographics, declaring our public education system wanting. As you have heard me say before, college and career readiness is the only true test of the success or failure of an education system. . . . → Read More 
Recently, Utah State Board of Education Member Kim Burningham blogged about the declining effort to support educational funding in Utah. He provides a short update on a new Utah Foundation report that finds an “unprecedented” decrease in Utah’s effort to fund public education. . . . → Read More
In my last post, I compared Utah’s low per-pupil funding for education to that of New Jersey, which is nearly three times as high and where the State Court recently declared the New Jersey appropriation inadequate! One individual, although still supportive of the general tenor of my article, responded that Utah makes a high effort, insisting that our effort was among the highest in the nation. I felt a need to respond. The truth is that our efforts in Utah are rapidly declining. . . . → Read More 
Utah continues to struggle with an achievement gap between its Hispanic and white students, according to the National Center for Education Statistics report Achievement Gaps: How Hispanic and White Students in Public Schools Perform in Mathematics and Reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, released today. It serves as a reminder that achievement gaps continue to pose a problem for Utah’s public education system, as well as for systems around the country. . . . → Read More
In this post, I want to share with you a startling comparison regarding education funding in Utah. Certainly, you are aware that Utah continues to be at the bottom of the heap when it comes to per-pupil funding, but the following information about education funding in New Jersey provides a dramatic comparison. . . . → Read More
We have all read reports of the demise of public education in the United States. Nevertheless, there is something to be learned from nations that continually score high in these global education rankings. This “something” is embodied in Finland’s educational system. According to various analyses, the success of the Finnish system stems from one thing: high quality teachers. In Finland, they revere teachers. The top college students become teachers. They also pay their teachers higher salaries. So what’s the answer? Pay-for-Performance. . . . → Read More |
    
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