
When high hopes meet low expectations
Most students “meet the demands of their assignments” more than two-thirds of the time, yet demonstrate mastery of grade-level standards only 17 percent of the time, concludes TNTP’s new report, The Opportunity Myth. That’s because assignments are so easy: Few ask for grade-level work. Most students don’t have access to grade-level assignments, strong instruction, deep engagement and teachers with high expectations, TNTP concludes, based on a study of four school districts (t