Four years ago, a literal Who’s Who of education and business groups, along with cities and counties, touted a new “roadmap of achievable education goals” that would make a “direct, positive impact on Arizona’s students and teachers and strengthen local communities.”
This new roadmap was known as the Arizona Education Progress Meter.
The meter measures eight key indicators of student achievement, including third-grade reading proficiency and eighth-grade math, against long-term, attainable goals.
A long list of organizations, including many of the state’s chambers of commerce signed on as partners, claiming a shared vision with the groups who created the tool, Expect More Arizona and the Center for the Future of Arizona.