Arne Duncan praised Tennessee for setting higher standards in schools but said the state is focusing on the wrong battles. His visit came shortly after state lawmakers delayed a testing portion of the Common Core.
Tennessee Gets Most Improved In Education, Still Far From U.S. Leader
Tennessee can now claim a title officials have been shooting for in recent years: fastest improving state in education. On a test that is universally considered the best for comparing one state to another, Tennessee students made bigger gains in 2013 than any other state since the test was widely adopted a decade ago.
Tennessee Used as National Education Example
US Education Secretary Arne Duncan says Tennessee is “Exhibit A” for changes he says treat teachers as professionals rather than “interchangeable cogs in an educational assembly line.”
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