OSPI (The Washington State Dept. of Education) today issued a press release in which they CLAIM that in the most recent  National Center for Education Statistics report that Washington State scored better than much of the United States. The press release can be found here: http://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/WAOSPI-121f1ec   They specifically comment about 4th and 8th grade. Before we accept the press release at face value let's look at the actual data: How do we interpret the data? For those of you who want to look at the page this chart came from here is the link: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/states/ When OSPI says that WA State scored above the nation that is … [Read more...]