Following are links to articles that provide additional information about school accountability reports and issues. Please note, newspapers may charge a fee to access some articles from their archives, or require you to register.

• NY city schools are soon to receive report cards of their own. (NY Times) (10/15/07) Read the article.
• New York City students can soon earn cash for top scores on AP exams. (NY Times) (10/15/07) Read the article.
• Test scores up, gaps narrow for state's kids. A nationwide study shows an increase in students scoring at grade level in reading and math since the introduction of NCLB. (San Francisco Chronicle) (6/6/07) Read the article.
  A newspaper suspects teachers in over 100 schools may have cheated on tests since 2004. (SF Chronicle) (5/14/07) Read the article.
• A new study from UCLA questions official graduation rate data. (SF Chronicle) (5/14/07) Read the article.
• The Sac Bee's editorial board urges Gov. Schwarzenegger to fully fund district data gathering. (5/10/2007) (Sacramento Bee) Read the article.
• There's been a 'huge' drop in California graduations—is the Exit Exam to blame? Officials challenge a UCLA study on exit exam's effects. (San Francisco Chronicle) (5/8/07) Read the article.
• Underperforming Schools to reap a windfall: cash from a law suit will help low-scoring facilities improve. (San Francisco Chronicle) (5/3/07) Read the article.
• Educators in Maryland are talking candidly about the barriers to improving students' test scores. (Washington Post) (5/2/07) Read the article.

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