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Keystone Exams loophole undermines impact of standardized tests
On the surface, the "Keystone Exams" action by the State Board of Education appears to establish firm standards for high school graduation in Pennsylvania. 'It's official," began Saturday's story in The Morning Call. "Students in Pennsylvania will be...
Tags: Students, Examinations, Edward G. Rendell, Teaching and Learning, George W. Bush
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Why teachers have test anxiety, too
Change of SubjectThe statement of the obvious: Bad teachers are afraid of being evaluated based on how well their students perform on standardized tests. When they fail their students, their students fail them. The question: But why are so many presumptively good...... -
Surviving the GRE
Our Town CorrespondentI took my GRE last week, but I think it's safer to say that the GRE took me. Standardized Testing and I do not get along well. If I'm the protagonist, Standardized Testing is the antagonist. If I'm dry socks, Standardized Testing is a puddle. If I'm...Tags: Education, Examinations, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Waste Management Incorporated
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Standardized tests fail where it matters
North StarStandardized testing is not the best way to see how kids are doing in school or how well teachers are teaching. Some students aren't good at testing and I'm one of them. Standardized tests are supposed to show how well the teachers doing, but the...Tags: Students, Education, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, School Examinations
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Apodaca: Common Core and Newport-Mesa
The first thing I noticed upon entering Supt. Fred Navarro's office was the frame on the wall containing his two UCLA diplomas next to a picture of the university's iconic Royce Hall. Newport-Mesa Unified School District's new leader immediately...Tags: Students, Landforms, Mountains, Teaching and Learning, Standards
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FCAT failures show test-obsessed teaching falls short
To fully appreciate how deeply flawed Tallahassee's approach to public education is, you must look beyond the recent news of abysmal FCAT scores — and look at how we got here.
You see, FCAT was supposed to be a simple fix for a complicated problem....Tags: Politics, Science, Government, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Rick Scott
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Apodaca: Trying to find the balance between academic learning and building character
Trends in education come and go, and sometimes come back again. Straight from the everything-old-becomes-new-again department comes a theme that's generating attention at the moment. It's a bit squiggly to grasp — think: eating Jell-O with a fork...Tags: Students, Education, Examinations, Authors, Teachers
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Federal control subtly gets stronger in South Dakota
American News CorrespondentPIERRE — For those in South Dakota who favor a strong central government in your lives, this past week must have been a delight. Not once, but twice, within a span of 27 hours, came a giant expansion of federal control over our local public...Tags: Students, Barack Obama, Companies and Corporations, Politics, Dennis Daugaard
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Thoughts from Dr. Joe: A shallow victory
Holy smokes! La Cañada did pretty good on the standardized tests as reported by the California Department of Education. Traditionally, La Cañada Unified is a superstar when it comes to achievement tests. This is a credit to our teachers, support staff,...Tags: Students, Ethics, Education, Teaching and Learning, Dr. Seuss
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Tests Aren't The Problem — And New One Is No Solution
The Hartford CourantState Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor said that a new standardized test given on computers will adjust its questions according to a student's answers. If a student gets a question incorrect, "the system will provide other questions to try to get at...Tags: Students, Education, Examinations, Storrs, Teaching and Learning
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NEA joins chorus of those calling for changes in school testing
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe National Education Association today called for an end to the “misuse of standardized tests” in a measure approved at its meeting in Washington, D.C. with support from its Florida delegation. The vote means the national teachers union... -
Time to try something different in education
American News CorrespondentPIERRE — Is 77 percent good enough? That’s the question we face this summer regarding our school children throughout South Dakota. The 77 percent reflects how many of our students performed at the acceptable levels of proficient or advanced...Tags: Students, Examinations, Education, Teachers, Teaching and Learning
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