Dire high school test scores show need for knowledge-based instructional approaches

While test scores in DC are inching up at lower grade levels, high-poverty high schools continue to post abysmal results despite a decade of education reform. Some are pinning the blame on poverty and racism. But many DC schools have yet to try instructional approaches that could not only raise test scores but also improve the chances of long-term success for low-income students.

Continue reading the rest of my first post on DC’s new local news and opinion website, The DC Line.