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When Presidents, Cowboys and Scientists Agree

Richard Alley | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: National Academy of Sciences, Abraham Lincoln, Texas, Wind Power, Science, Assessment, Green Energy Jobs, Wind Energy, Green Energy, Green News
Richard Alley

Parts of America are powered by technologies that Abraham Lincoln advocated more than a century and a half ago. But some in our country are weakened by failure to appreciate another, even more powerful idea that Lincoln also promoted.

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Adventures in Assessment

Dean Shareski | Posted 04.18.2012

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Dean Shareski

In past classes, I've usually offered my students some opportunity to assess themselves, whether it was against a rubric, or a self designed criteria. It's shocking how many students struggle with this idea.

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Are We Putting the (Knowledge) Cart Before the (Emotional) Horse?

Sam Chaltain | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Mirror Neurons, Education, Assessment, Cognitive Science, Brain, Data, Bullying, Memory and Cognition, Education Reform, School Bullying, Video, Education News
Sam Chaltain

In school reform, we dramatically overvalue the importance of academic learning, and assume that merely focusing on better curricula and clearer standards will carry the day. Yet the research suggests otherwise.

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The End Of The Beginning

Jim Selman | Posted 03.05.2012

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Jim Selman

It is time for ordinary individuals to step up to some of the most profound and relevant philosophical questions in our history and confront the fact that "who we are" and what we believe may be more important than what we do.

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Winter Break

Paul Stoller | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Assessment, College News, Time Poverty, Corporate Colleges, College Grades, Corporate Culture, Universities, Grades, College News
Paul Stoller

When I began professing in 1980, there seemed to be more time to teach. We had the same 15-week semesters, but my courses were much more demanding, for both me as well as for my students. Something has changed in higher education.

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Why NCATE?

Timothy D. Slekar | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Assessment, Teacher Education, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Cibulka, Ncate, Education News
Timothy D. Slekar

How can any credible teacher education program that is constructed on the understandings and deep inquiry about the nature of children, the nature of teachers, and the nature of the teaching milieu continue to align with NCATE?

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The Cost-Comparability Conundrum

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Assessment, Naep, Race to the Top, Education News
Tom Vander Ark

We're still new to using data in education. We quickly started trying to use state tests for everything. We've been relying on a few dozen data points about each student for a lot of important decisions.

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It's Time to Stop Lying to Students and Parents and Raise Our Educational Standards

Craig R. Barrett | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Education, Common Core, Assessment, Math and Science, Economy, Global Competition, Innovation, Standards, STEM Education, Education News
Craig R. Barrett

It's time to use honest assessments and do the hard work of getting more of our students to clear the bar. Together, we can stop the race to the bottom for American students.

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Accountability for (Ways of) Teaching: Development for Teachers

James Gee | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Schools of Education, Assessment, Teachers, Teaching, Accountability, Nclb, Education News
James Gee

Whether a child succeeds has to do with a lot more than what a teacher does, no matter how good she is.

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Assessment Drives Learning: How to Drive to a New Place

James Gee | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Assessment, Video Games, Learning, Education News
James Gee

We will never get a new paradigm of learning in our schools unless we change our assessment system. Assessment, especially when coupled with accountability, drives how we teach and learn.

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Social Studies Get the Short End of the Stick, Again

Alan Singer | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: History, Standards, Assessment, Social Studies, Race to the Top, New York News
Alan Singer

Because the federal government does not mandate history and social studies assessments and does not monitor the scores, New York is free to lower the standards in these areas.

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The Teacher Who Gave Me Direction -- What Evaluations Can't Tell You

Audrey Watters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Assessment, Teacher Evaluations, Education Reform, Teachers, Education News
Audrey Watters

"Teacher accountability" traditionally ties teacher assessment to student assessment. And that's where I balk. There are no standardized tests by which you can assess Mr. Callahan's impact on me.

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Stop the Teacher Bashing Already!

Steve Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Nelson

And we must reject the educational policies that tie teachers' hands and force them to treat their students like raw material on a production line.

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Some Words to Consider From Parker Palmer

Kenneth Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Assessment, Effectiveness, Parker Palmer, Teaching, Objectives, Instruction, Learning, Education News
Kenneth Bernstein

What have we achieved by raising test scores? Is a goal to raise scores not a clear example of the kind of thing Parker Palmer describes as "trivial and mediocre ends"?

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Can We Bridge the Divide Between Accountability and Learning?

JD Hoye | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Standardized Testing, Education, Common Core, Assessment, Accountability, Nclb, No Child Left Behind, Project Management Partner, Smarter, Phillip O. Berry Academy, National Academy Foundation, Wayne Clemons, Wested, Naf, Education News
JD Hoye

There is a fundamental tension between assessment for accountability and assessment for learning.

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The key to Turning Data into Information

Jose Vilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Information Age, Education, Assessment, Information Overload, Data, Teachers Assessment, Education News
Jose Vilson

The tons of assessments we drop on students monthly give us nothing but decimals and percentages, rarely making any definitive statements about the progress that our students make in their education.

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What Did I Do Wrong? Why that A Paper Is a B-

Ruth Starkman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: College Assessment, Unfair Grades, Humanities, Grading, Professors, Students, Mla, College Papers, Assessment, Accreditation, Chicago Manual of Style, Ratemyprofessors, College Life, College News
Ruth Starkman

Universities and colleges have a highly contested, often esoteric set of grading systems and each professor has a singular, usually insular approach to assessment.

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The Ultimate Measure of a Teacher?

Sabrina Stevens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teacher Quality, Education, Assessment, Teachers, Education Reform, Standardized Testing Standardized Testing, Value-Added, Education News
Sabrina Stevens

As I think about what made my teachers great I notice that for almost all of us, what resonates with us are how those teachers made us feel -- more confident, more capable, inspired or loved -- and the life lessons and values they taught us.

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A Rose By Any Other Name

Yolanda Reid Chassiakos | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Art, Outcome Measurement, Assessment, Analyses, Quality Assurance, Careers, Quality Improvement, Healthy Living News
Yolanda Reid Chassiakos

I want to stop smelling the basal stipules, pinnate leaflets, hypanthium and achenes. I want to smell the roses.

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Survey This!

Yolanda Reid Chassiakos | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Assessment, Quality Improvement, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Yolanda Reid Chassiakos

For good or for ill, our entire days have become marathons of "American Idol", reality shows where we are subject to being constantly rated by the audience of our social and professional contacts.

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