School Testing

The Big Snooze (High Stakes Testing and the Low Stakes Mentality)

Larry Strauss | Posted 05.31.2012

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"Please do your best," I say. "Please don't make me look bad." That one is their favorite -- and why shouldn't it be? It empowers them as do few aspects of their education.

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Teachers Accused Of Giving Students Answers On State Tests In Exchange For Perks

Posted 05.30.2012

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Teachers at a Brooklyn elementary school are accused of giving their students the answers on standardized tests, reports the New York Daily News. In r...

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Getting Ready for Online Assessment

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Standardized Testing, School Testing, Digital Learning, State Testing, Digital Assessments, Online Assessments, Student Achievement, Digital Testing, Student Achievement Improvement, Touch Screen Tests, Education News

Online assessment will power the future of customized learning -- the best chance we have to dramatically boost achievement levels.

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The Problem With School Accountability Systems

Dr. Thomas W. Payzant | Posted 04.02.2012

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Using test results to drive teacher and leader effectiveness is akin to poking the raw batter with a toothpick. Which is why it hasn't worked and is not going to.

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The Future Of Standardized Testing: Are Computers At The Helm?

Education Week | Catherine Gewertz | Posted 03.11.2012

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With one set of academic standards now serving as the educational guideposts in nearly every state, questions are hovering about what the tests for th...

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It's Not How Often You Test -- It's What You Think Tests Tell You

Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. | Posted 02.11.2012

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How do we make sure that testing is perceived as informative and challenging, rather than as a series of anxiety-filled experiences that disrupt real learning?

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New York's Rebellious School Principals

Kevin Welner | Posted 01.10.2012

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Over the past decade, these principals had a front-row seat as they watched NCLB and related policies create perverse incentives to teach to the test and narrow curriculum, they are pushing back against ramping up those incentives.

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Can Teachers Opt Out?

Timothy D. Slekar | Posted 11.24.2011

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How do teachers resist the culture of high stakes testing and the continued participation in a system that is clearly not pedagogically sound and is purposively destructive to children, teachers, schools and communities?

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Test Your Credit Knowledge

Jeanne Kelly | Posted 09.19.2011

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Now that the kids are back in school and taking tests I thought you should test your credit knowledge. It's a simple, True or False test! TRUE OR FAL...

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WATCH: Atlanta Public Schools Shaken By Cheating Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 09.04.2011

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NEW YORK -- Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal announced Tuesday that widespread cheating inflated Atlanta Public Schools' 2009 state standardized tests scores....

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Tiger Moms Say: No Room For Fun In U.S. Classrooms

nydailynews.com | Alexander Nazaryan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Search for "fun" on the city Education Department's website, and you get 1,610 hits. These include "October Math Fun" and "Sharing poetry with your ch...

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Self-Esteem Can't Be Measured By Data

Linda Silverman | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are no numbers to measure the self-esteem kids have learned.

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States Lower Test Standards for A High School Diploma

nytimes.com | IAN URBINA | Posted 05.25.2011

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A law adopting statewide high school exams for graduation took effect in Pennsylvania on Saturday, with the goal of ensuring that students leaving hig...

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Education In China v. America: The Question Of Standardized Tests

Posted 05.25.2011

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Are Chinese and American education models heading for a role reversal? As leaders work in China to move the country away from its notoriously rigorou...

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