(Poll) Doubt Looms Over Education Reform

Results of a survey asking Connecticut superintendents if the State Department of Education is doing enough to close the state's achievement gap revealed "many are dubious" of the state's efforts, according to The Norwich Bulletin.

The results come on the heels of Gov. Dannel Malloy's announcement of plans to make 2012 "The Year of Education Reform" and the State Department's increased intervention in local school districts as the bar determining levels of academic proficiency continues to rise with two years remaining under federal No Child Left Behind legislation (2001).

The achievement gap — the term used to describe the difference in levels of performance between ethnic groups and between students of polar socioeconomic statuses — is a problem that has popped up in communities across the state, urban and suburban alike.

While the state took steps to curbing trends, stepping in to influence how schools are run in Windsor and taking over the school district in Bridgeport, not all are positive the state's efforts will have a positive effect on closing the gap.

The recent survey results show that "four out of every 10 superintendents said they doubted the system will change despite Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's promises of education reform," according to The Bulletin.

In August, , the requirements of which some state's have said are unrealistic.

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