http://wkms.org en http://wkms.org/post/kbe-looking-school-goal-strategy <p></p><p>Some Kentucky board of education members are asking if the state's new assessments set goals high enough to lift up low-performing schools. Since test scores were released last month, critics have questioned why low-performing schools only have to move up one point next year to be considered improving. Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:17:02 +0000 Shelly Baskin and The Associated Press 25325 at http://wkms.org KBE Looking Into School Goal Strategy http://wkms.org/post/education-committee-republicans-question-evolution-state-tests <p>A Hopkins County lawmaker is among some state house Republicans questioning whether evolution should be a part of Kentucky’s standardized science tests. The Kentucky interim joint Education Committee debated the topic this week during a discussion of “end-of-course testing.” Republican State Representative Ben Waide of Madisonville says test questions about evolution help promote it as scientific fact and not theory. Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:11:29 +0000 Dan Conti (KPR) and Angela Hatton 20861 at http://wkms.org Education Committee Republicans Question Evolution on State Tests