Rhode Island education chief says schools can't put off improvements

Jennifer Jordan
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Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist is putting the brakes on regulations that require high school students to reach at least "partial proficiency" on state tests in order to graduate. She's pushing the 2012 deadline back two years.

But she says Rhode Island's high schools can't continue to dole out diplomas to students who cannot read, write or compute at a high-school level.

Schools must do more to help students reach the higher goals, and state education officials must find better ways to support schools, she says.

"We need people to understand we are not putting a two-year pause in place," Gist said in an interview Friday.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 6, 2011 1:36 AM
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