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From: "ECS e-Clips" <e-clips@ecs.org> To: RM.GOV_PO.GOV_MAIL Created: 8/16/2001 11:30 AM Subject: ECS e-Clips 08/16/01 Message: ECS e-Clips delivers the day's top education stories directly to you. We also provide you with virtually all of the day's education stories with a direct link to EDUCATION WEEK. Let us know what you think about this service by sending e-mail to e-Clips@ecs.org. If you wish to unsubscribe, please reply to this e-mail message with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. To view these articles and EDUCATION WEEK'S "Today's Roundup," visit the ECS e-Clips Web site, CLICK HERE: http://www.ecs.org/ecs/e-clips Thursday, August 16, 2001 ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION "1 in 5, and More, Flunk Part of Crucial Tests" The good news is that student performance on the Georgia's curriculum tests -- which will be used for grading schools -- improved this year. The bad news is that 18% to 41% of children failed sections of the test that, in a few years, they would have to pass to win promotion to the next grade. LOS ANGELES TIMES "Poor Results Posted on New State Tests" Fewer than one-third of California public school students achieved proficiency on a key test offering the first glimpse of their ability to meet challenging English standards, the state education department reported Wednesday. NEW YORK TIMES (free registration required) "New York City Schools Chief to Cut 1,500 Jobs and Increase Local Autonomy" Schools Chancellor Harold O. Levy announced a sweeping reorganization of the Board of Education staff, a plan that would eliminate more than 1,500 administrative jobs over three years and give far more autonomy to local school superintendents to make their own decisions about how to spend their money. SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS "Students Fall Short in Statewide Exam" Fewer than one in three California public school students reached the state's goal this year on an exam tailor-made to match its rigorous standards in English and language arts, according to statewide achievement test scores released Wednesday. WASHINGTON POST "Public Reform, Private Windfall?" President Bush says his education reform plan will empower parents and hold educators responsible for how students perform in school. But the bill also is certain to a lode of new business for private educational firms. Test development and preparation companies, tutoring specialists, firms selling materials that aid young readers and others that manage public schools are among those that stand to reap hundreds of millions of dollars in new business. - Attachment Filename: C:\archives\governor\mail\Governor Musgrove\_attach\ECS e-Clips 08_16_01\Mime.822