May 22, 2013

Edition: U.S.

State Exams

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New York Regents Asked To Exempt More Schools From Mandatory State Exams

The Wall Street Journal | Lisa Fleisher | Posted 10.21.2012 | Home

Read More: New York City Schools, New York Schools, High School Exams, Regents, Standardized Testing, State Exams, New York Regents Exams, New York Performance Standards Consortium, Board of Regents, Home News

Unlike most New York City high-school seniors last June, Kathryn McCauley's diploma wasn't riding on her performance on five grueling state Regents ex...

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Evidence Shows State-Test Cheating Likely Far Worse Than Revealed

| Benjamin Herold | Posted 08.17.2012 | Home

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This piece comes to us courtesy of a partnership between WHYY/NewsWorks and the Philadelphia Public School Notebook. The scope of the Philadelphia ...

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Connecticut To Implement New Online Testing System In 2014

Posted 08.29.2012 | Home

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State officials are hopeful that by the 2014-15 school year, the bubble-in pencil and paper Connecticut Mastery Test taken by third- through eighth-gr...

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Struggling Newark School Prepares, Again, To Reinvent Itself

| Sara Neufeld | Posted 06.14.2012 | Home

Read More: New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge, Newark Schools, Chris Christie, School Turnaround, New Jersey Schools, School Reform, Standardized Testing, School Accountability, State Exams, Nj Ask, Education Reform, Erskine Glover, Struggling Schools, Quitman Street Community School, Video, Home News

This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. A new spirit of reform pervades Quitman Street Community School in Newark, N.J. In recent ...

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Educators Sanctioned In Cheating Scandals Get Recycled At Other Schools

| Steve Miller | Posted 06.13.2012 | Home

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This piece comes to us courtesy of Texas Watchdog. Principal Robert Earl Peters Jr. left the Dallas school district in 2009 as the district and sta...

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Tennessee's Teacher Evaluation System Is Reviewed

Posted 06.12.2012 | Home

Read More: Value Added Analysis, Teacher Evaluation Systems, Value Added Models, Tennessee Teachers, Tennessee Schools, Teacher Evaluations, Video, Score, Tennessee State Exams, Bill Haslam, State Collaborative on Reforming Education, Standardized Testing, State Exams, Teacher Ratings, Teachers, Value Added, Home News

The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) on Thursday released a report regarding Tennessee’s teacher evaluation system. The report com...

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Fight Ensues Over Florida Exams Failed By Most, Teacher Included

Gregory Kristof | Posted 06.12.2012 | Home

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In Florida, controversy continues over whether state Board of Education acted appropriately by lowering the requirements for a passing score on the Fl...

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Protests Against Surge In Standardized Testing Sweeps Nation

Reuters | Posted 08.12.2012 | Home

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By Stephanie Simon June 12 (Reuters) - A backlash against high-stakes standardized testing is sweeping through U.S. school districts ...

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This Is How To Fail A Test

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.29.2012 | Home

Read More: Funny Test Answers, This Is How You Fail a Test, State Standardized Tests, How to Fail a Test, Standardized Tests, Exam Fails, Test Fails, State Exams, Student Fails, Home News

There are plenty of ways students approach an exam for which they're completely unprepared: faking sick, inventing a "family emergency" or perhaps beg...

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Ridiculous Talking Pineapple Question On 8th-Grade State Exam Confuses Everyone

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 08.29.2012 | Home

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New York students, teachers, and parents were utterly bewildered by a question on an eighth-grade state reading exam, the New York Daily News reports....

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