Donna Gordon Blankinship, The Associated PressStudentsStudent Progress Can Be Tied to Teacher’s SchoolWashington state schools are among the first to see which teacher training programs seem to result in the best student test scores, but 35 states now have the means to do similar research, according to the Data Quality Campaign, a national organization formed by education and business groups to track state progress on collecting data about students and schools.October 16, 2011StudentsFinancial Aid Doesn’t Stretch To Help Middle ClassSince the state’s need-based grants—and most other federal and state need grants—are distributed based on income, middle-class students are the ones feeling the most pain right now, said financial aid officers at Washington’s universities.June 1, 2011Page 1 of 1
