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Education in the US State of Minnesota comes from a number of public and private sources and encompasses pre-Kindergarten to post-secondary levels. Minnesota has a literate and well-educated population; [1] the state ranked 13th on the 2006–07 Morgan Quitno Smartest State Award, and is first in the percentage of residents with at least a high school diploma.
The Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments—Series II (MCA–II) are the state tests measuring student progress for districts to meet the No Child Left Behind requirements. Mathematics are tested in grades 3–8 and 11. Reading is assessed in grades 3–8, writing in grade 9, and natural science is given in grades 5 and 8. [1]
Around 80% of students are English language learners. Despite this, the school has one of the highest reading scores on standardized tests in the state. [3] As of July 2011 TiZA has been shut down by order of the Minnesota Education Department, due to lack of an approved charter school sponsor. [4]
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP); State achievement tests are standardized tests.These may be required in American public schools for the schools to receive federal funding, according to the US Public Law 107-110 originally passed as Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and currently authorized as Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015.
The Minneapolis Board of Education, also referred to as the School Board, is the board of education for Minneapolis Public Schools. It describes itself as "a policy-making body responsible for selecting the superintendent and overseeing the district's budget, curriculum, personnel and facilities."
The idea from Minnesota Democrat Dean Phillips is simple yet ambitious: each American-born or naturalized child would receive $5,000 at birth, invested through the Social Security Administration.
Mississippi's reading test scores showed that its educational policies were spectacularly successful, triggering news reports of a 'miracle.' But it was a statistical illusion.
Maple Grove Senior High School (MGSH) is a public grade 9–12 high school located in Maple Grove, Minnesota, United States. It is one of three high schools in the Osseo School District (279). Its feeder schools are Maple Grove Middle School and Osseo Middle School. The school has included grades 9–12 since September 2015.