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Public School Standardized Testing: Enough Is Enough for New York State Kids

Cynthia Wachtell | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: High-Stakes Testing, Standardized Testing, Pearson, New York Public School, Private Schools, Field-Testing, Field Tests, Pineapple Question, Education News

For public school children, it has been a long spring, shaped far too much by mandated testing. And the testing is not over.

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New York State Field Tests: Students Should Not Be Informed Of Connection To Standardized Exams

Gregory Kristof | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Candace Shyer, Video, New York Standardized Testing, New York State Assessments, Standardized Tests, Standardized Testing, Field Tests, New York, Pearson, Field Testing, New York Field Tests, Education News

A memo has recently surfaced in which the New York State Department of Education appears to encourage educators to mislead students about upcoming sta...

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Numbers Game

Todd Farley | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Standardized Testing, Pearson, Education Reform, Fcat, School Test Scoring, Testing Scores, Pearson Education, For-Profit Test-Scoring, Florida Test Scores, Test Scoring, Education News

The scores for the writing portion of this year's FCAT (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test) plummeted so precipitously that the abilities of the Sunshine State's student writers aren't being called into question, the very validity of those scoring statistics are.

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Pineapple That Ate Global History

Alan Singer | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Pearson Education, Education Reform, New York State Exams, Standardized Testing, Pineapple Question, Pearson, Education News

The fundamental problem with Common Core, the latest educational miracle solution that is being promoted by the National Governors Association and Pearson Educational, is that it is conceptually backwards.

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A Modest Proposal to Save Test Prep

John Merrow | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Testing Companies, Pbs, Education, Pbs Newshour, Jerry Brown, Test Prep, Standardized Testing, John Merrow, Mcgraw-Hill, Pearson, Testing, California, Video, Education News

When California Governor Jerry Brown recently called for fewer standardized tests and less time on test preparation, he probably expected to be praised. Instead, his proposal has been greeted with cries of outrage from teachers, administrators, and students.

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2011 Was an Inflection Point for Digital Learning

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Connections Education, Blended Learning, Social Learning, Digital Learning, Pearson, Education News

Despite the challenges, 2011 was a real turning point for innovations in learning.

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Your Art Is a Gift -- Seth Godin

Mike Smith | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Seth Godin, Pearson, Education, Education Reform, Educause, Education News

"You are not doing favors for people -- you are giving them gifts." Thus said Super Marketing Man Seth Godin, one of my heroes, at the EDUCAUSE educat...

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Pearson Buys Connections: What it Means

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Online Learning, Connections Education, Pearson, Education News

Pearson announced today that it acquired Connections Education, a leading national online learning provider. I know both companies well and think thi...

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Exams Too Easy? State Drops $32 Million For New Tests

New York Post | Susan Edelman | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: New York Schools, Standardized Testing, New York Department of Education, New York Standardized Testing, Pearson, McGraw Hill, New York Exams, McGraw Hill Testing, Education News

The state has hired a different testing company to produce its standardized exams for grades 3 through 8, replacing a firm whose too-easy tests led to...

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Publisher Freezes Libyan Government Stake In Business

The Bookseller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marjorie Scardino, Libya, Book Publishing, Libya Publisher Stake, Frozen Assets, Libya Shareholder, Pearson, Books News

Pearson has frozen the Libyan government's 3% stake in the media group amid continuing violence in the Middle Eastern country. The Libyan Investmen...

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Michelle Rhee Picks Florida?

Susan Sawyers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Politics, E-Education, Rick Scott, Education, Distance-Learning, Digital Learning, Florida, Innovation, Technology, Flvs, Florida Virtual School, Pearson, Michelle Rhee Florida, Rhee, Education News

The "what will she do next" guessing game came to an end this week when Florida's Republican Governor-elect Rick Scott named Michelle Rhee," the forme...

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Despite Gloomy Outlook Major Publisher Reports Sales Up 5 Percent

publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestsellers, Book Publishing, Publishing News, Book Sales, Publishing Marketplace, Penguin, Apps, Pearson, Ebooks, Books News

In an update on its nine month results, Pearson said that sales for Penguin rose 5%. A tough retail environment, Pearson said, has been offset by "str...

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Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal | JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Linchpin, Pearson Publishing, Penguin Group, Purple Cow, Meatball Sundae, Wall Street Journal, Portfolio Publishing, Sodin, Portfolio, Publishing, Linchpin: Are You Indispensible?, Seth Godin, Ebook, Publishers, Pearson, Ebooks, E-Books, Books News

The author of about a dozen books including "Purple Cow" said he now has so many direct customer relationships, largely via his blog, that he no longe...

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New eBooks Offer Snippets Of Advice For

The New York Times | MOTOKO RICH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mini eBooks, Kindle, Book Publishing, Authors, FT Press, Pearson, Books, Reading, Amazon, Ebooks, Ereaders, Books News

Who has time to read a whole book anymore? The FT Press, a unit of Pearson, has introduced two series of short, digital-only titles for professionals ...

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Textbook Publishers Begin To Adapt Textbooks For The iPad

The Wall Street Journal | JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Houghton Mifflin, Textbook Publishers, Book Publishing, Textbooks, Kaplan, Pearson, Mcgraw-Hill, Books, Ebooks, Ipad, Ereaders, Scrollmotion, Apple, Books News

Major textbook publishers have struck deals with software company ScrollMotion Inc. to adapt their textbooks for the electronic page, as the industry ...

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Pearson: Free WSJ.com Would Help Financial Times In U.S.

Reuters | Gavin Haycock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, WSJ.Com, Pearson, WSJ.Com Free, Wall Street Journal, Financial TImes, Business News

Pearson Plc, the London-based publisher of the Financial Times, said a Rupert Murdoch-controlled Dow Jones & Co Inc (DJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) c...

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