From an article at The Washington Policy Center on May 10th 2016   SEATTLE – Officials at the State Board of Education have announced their latest findings on student learning at more than 2,000 Washington public schools in the Achievement Index for 2014-15, available here.  The results come after the Board’s decision last year to lower learning standards in English and math for students in public schools.   Nearly half of Washington public schools, 926 schools (46%) received a D ranking or lower 827 schools, (41%) received a B or C ranking Only 96 schools (5%) received an A ranking 156 schools (8%) were not rated These results are somewhat … [Read more...]