Standardized Test Scores

Making Sense of Your Child's Standardized Test Scores

Sharon Duke Estroff | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Tests, Standardized Testing, Education, Parenting, School, Kids, No Child Left Behind, Parents, Standardized Test Scores, Criterion Referenced Tests, Norm Referenced Tests, Parents News
Sharon Duke Estroff

Coloring inside the lines didn't carry high stakes when we were kids. But for our children growing up in the era of No-Child-Left-Behind, coloring in ...

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Gates Foundation Report: Teachers Should Be Graded On Three Criteria

Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Teacher Evaluations, Classroom Observations, Value Added Assessment, Teacher Training, Teacher Assessment, Standardized Testing, Teachers, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Value-Added, Standardized Test Scores, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Video, Education News

As teacher evaluations are becoming more prevalent in schools across the country amid a growing debate on how best to grade teachers, a new report out...

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'Income Achievement Gap' Nearly Double Black-White Performance Gap

| Louis Freedberg | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Income Gap, Standardized Test Scores, Video, Education, Income Inequality, Black-White Achievement Gap, Income Achievement Gap, Black Students, Achievement Gap, Standardized Testing, Stanford University, Latino Students, Education News

This story comes to us courtesy of California's EdSource Extra. In a dramatic illustration of the impact of income inequality on how children do in...

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Complex New Florida Teacher Evaluations Tied To Student Test Scores

| Laura Isensee and Sarah Butrymowicz | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Teacher Evaluation Formula, Fcat, Standardized Test Scores, Video, Teacher Evaluations, Florida Schools, Florida Teachers, Standardized Tests, Florida Teacher Evaluations, Standardized Testing, Florida, Teachers, Value Added, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Coral Reef Senior High, Education News

This article comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. At Coral Reef Senior High, calculus teacher Orlando Sarduy understands complicated formu...

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Improved Literacy Could Save Health Care

Brock Cohen | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: School Reform, Public Schools, Standardized Test Scores, Poverty, Obamacare, Health Care, Education Reform, Low Income Students, Education News
Brock Cohen

Not surprisingly, gaps in literacy lead to wholesale academic failure -- a pattern that repeats itself over generations. The conditions of poverty that beset families hinder literacy and academic growth; conversely, academic failure spawns more poverty -- and so on.

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Under the Watch of Principal Randall Delling, North Hollywood High School Racks Up Local and National Attention

Laura Sturza | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: College Preparation, Standardized Test Scores, California, High School, Education, Schools, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles High Schools, Los Angeles Education, Los Angeles News
Laura Sturza

North Hollywood High School recently earned a Washington Post ranking in the top 1 percent of schools in the nation to prepare its students for college. It's not enough for Principal Randall Delling.

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Pilot Teacher Evaluation Program Equally Weighs Testing And Class

Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Standardized Test Scores, Teacher Evaluations, Chris Christie, Teacher Grading System, New Jersey Schools, Teacher Assessment, Chris Cerf, New Jersey Teacher Evaluations, Education Reform, Teachers, New Jersey Education, Video, Education News

New Jersey launches a pilot program today that will evaluate teachers at 10 schools by equally weighing a student's academic and classroom performance...

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New York Ordered to Release Student Test Data With Teachers' Names Attached

The Wall Street Journal | Lisa Fleisher | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: The Wall Street Journal, New York City Schools, Standardized Test Scores, Metropolis, Teacher Evaluations, United Federation of Teachers, Michael Mulgrew, Standardized Testing, New York Schools, New York City, New York, Education News

By Lisa Fleisher, The Wall Street Journal A New York state appellate court has ruled New York City must release reports that measure public school ...

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The 5 Most Shocking Public School Cheating Scandals

Posted 09.25.2011

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The country's abuzz with the news and subsequent unfolding of the nation's largest-ever public schools cheating scandal in Atlanta, as the scandal has...

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41 Educators In Atlanta Cheating Scandal Quit

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.23.2011

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ATLANTA -- Atlanta school officials say 41 educators accused in a cheating scandal have resigned or retired. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution repor...

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How School Districts Facing Cheating Allegations Are Moving Forward

Posted 09.12.2011

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Three year-round elementary schools opened for classes in Atlanta today without problems, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. Two of the thre...

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DC Schools Release Test Scores, US Education Department Joins Probe

Posted 09.07.2011

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Amid an investigation into alleged cheating on Washington, DC standardized tests, the school district released figures today that show a relatively fl...

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Atlanta Works To Root Out Cheating Teachers

AP | Dorie Turner | Posted 09.06.2011

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ATLANTA (AP) — Just a month before classes start, Atlanta schools officials are trying to determine how many of the 178 teachers and principals accu...

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Educating for Democracy: What Makes a "Great" Teacher?

Joel Shatzky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Standardized Test Scores, Great Teachers, Harlem Children's Zone, Brookings Institute Report, New York News
Joel Shatzky

In a recent study about the impact of kindergarten on students who have now reached maturity, a rather astonishing conclusion was reached.

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Clueless: The Dept. of Education Fails Again

Dennis Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Governor Schwarzenegger, Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Standardized Test Scores, Teacher Evaluations, Department of Education, California, President Obama, California-Education, Barack Obama Education Policy, Teaching-Methods, Politics News
Dennis Danziger

I'm a public high school teacher, and when I voted for Barack Obama I thought I was voting for change. Turns out, as far as education goes, I voted for Bush Lite.

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