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Northwest Evaluation Association

Minority Testing Bias Persists

Ronnie Reese | Posted 04.23.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Standardized Testing Race, Measures of Academic Progress Test, Test Bias Race, Northwest Evaluation Association, Seattle Garfield High Testing, Test Scores Race, Standardized Testing, Testing Bias, Minorities Testing, Seattle Test Bias, Education Testing, Chicago Test Bias, Video, Black Voices News
Ronnie Reese

In a month where (some of) America celebrates black history and the work of individuals who fought tirelessly for equality, the current uproar over standardized testing highlights just how much we have yet to overcome.

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As Exams Move Online, Students Spend More Time Testing

| Sarah Garland | Posted 08.26.2012 | Home
Read More: Testing, Brick Mill Elementary, Video, Online Exams, Student Testing, Measures of Academic Progress, Northwest Evaluation Association, Delaware, Technology in Schools, Standardized Testing, Delaware Schools, Online Testing, Home News

This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. In the Appoquinimink school district in central Delaware, students now take three, and som...

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Joy Resmovits

No A+ Student Left Behind?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 11.20.2011 | Home
Read More: Michael Petrilli, Education News, Education, No Child Left Behind, Northwest Evaluation Association, Fordham Institute, Student Performance, Standardized Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Computerized Tests, Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Home News

In the eyes of Michael Petrilli, education discussions and policies based on the disparity in performance between subgroups of U.S. students -- known ...

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The Global Search for Education: What Did You Learn Today?

C. M. Rubin | Posted 11.20.2011 | Home
Read More: Standardized Testing, C. M. Rubin, Education Reform, Global Education, Keeping Learning on Track, Embedded Formative Assessment, The Global Search for Education, Dylan Wiliam, Northwest Evaluation Association, Home News
C. M. Rubin

Dylan Wiliam and his colleagues have developed a classroom program called Embedded Formative Assessment. Over the last four years, this program has been established in over 1000 teacher learning communities

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New York State School Leadership Fiasco: The Illusion of Rigor

David A. Singer | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Merryl Tisch, Arne Duncan, David Steiner, Northwest Evaluation Association, Race to the Top, William Johnson, Education Reform, New York, New York Education, Rockville Center, New York Education Commissioner, New York Board of Regents, New York News
David A. Singer

This past week the New York State Education Department released the scores of proficiency tests in math and English. The "proficiency" level of students in New York has plummeted through the floor.

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