Science Proficiency All Over the Map
Posted on December 11th, 2011 by Mary Lord
How do top-scoring science students in New England stack up against their counterparts in the mid-Atlantic or South? Not very well, according to a new analysis of state science assessments by Change the Equation. That’s because states set the bar for proficiency at widely varying levels.
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