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Data Driven Instruction

Data and Testing: Has Education Lost Its Focus?

Rob Furman | Posted 01.12.2013 | Home
Read More: Testing, Data-Driven-Instruction, Standardized Testing, High-Stakes Testing, Nclb, Standardized Tests, No Child Left Behind, Home News
Rob Furman

All the testing and data in the world is not going to improve our teachers. Research abounds with documentation on the fact that the TEACHER is the key to student success.

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Joy Resmovits

Are Teachers Prepared To Learn From Standardized Tests?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 05.22.2012 | Home
Read More: Data-Driven Instruction, Testing, Education Schools, Education News, Teacher Quality, Education, Common Core, Arne Duncan, Ncate, Common Assessment, Data, Teacher Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Standardized Testing, Education Quality, Teachers, Assessments, Home News

These days, it's not enough for teachers to know how to manage a classroom, impart knowledge and deliver lesson plans. In the wake of test-heavy po...

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Changing The Face Of Yeshiva Education

Kim Silverton | Posted 07.12.2011 | Religion
Read More: Judaism, Jewish Education, Jewish Education Reform, Data Driven Instruction, Yeshiva Education, Religious Education, Jewish Education Issues, Menachem Education Foundation, Orthodox Jewish Education, Religion News
Kim Silverton

What skills do you expect your child to know by the end of 1st grade? Reading comprehension? Basic spelling? In the world of religious Jewish education, these are relatively new questions.

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