Rethinking Student Achievement

Student Achievement in New Literacies for the 21st Century 
William Kist
The new literacies that our students will need to compete in the 21st century extend beyond print media—itself alternative to oral communication since the 15th century.

A New Vision of Authentic Assessment to Overcome the Flaws in High Stakes Testing
Dan French
Simple solutions to complex problems usually just create more problems.

Relating the Middle School Concept to Student Achievement
Vincent A. Anfara, Jr., & Richard P. Lipka
The middle school concept competes with several other factors to improve student behavior and achievement.

Middle School Practices Improve Student Achievement in High Poverty Schools
Steven B. Mertens & Nancy Flowers
Teaming and middle grades classroom practices need to be sustained over time to produce improved achievement among low income students.

What’s Driving You Crazy? A Question to Drive Collaborative, Inquiry-Based Middle School Reform
Part II: Private and Multi-Level Schools
Paul D. Deering
Asking "What's driving you crazy?" is a good stimulus to challenge faculties to innovate in the middle grades.

Departments

The Editor Reflects
Tom Erb
Achievement: What Tests Test or Something Grander? 

Rethinking Student Achievement
Joanne M. Arhar
Perspectives on Middle Level Student Achievement

What Research Says
Susan Trimble
Research-Based Classroom Practices and Student Achievement

Making Research User-Friendly
David L. Hough
"No Child Left Untested [sic]" Battle or Battle Cry Guiding Research and Practice?