What K-12 Can Do to Ease the Latino College-Completion Gap
A new paper from WestEd outlines what schools must do to ensure that Latino students are prepared for college and careers.
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May 14, 2010
May 13, 2010
Final Common Standards Due Out June 2
The final version of the common standards is due for release on June 2.
May 07, 2010
More Contenders for Race to Top Assessment Competition?
The College Board and ACT Inc., are soliciting state interest in forming consortia to apply for Race to the Top money for high school end-of-course tests.
May 07, 2010
Trying Out the Common Standards in Urban Districts
Six urban districts are reported to be participants in a plan to pilot the common standards.
May 06, 2010
More on That Mystery Consortium in RTT Test Contest
More details emerge about a consortium planning to apply for Race to the Top Assessment money.
May 06, 2010
ASCD Plans Professional Development for Common Standards
ASCD plans to design professional development for the common standards.
May 05, 2010
The Role of Common Standards in the New ESEA
A Senate hearing the other day was something of a lovefest for the common-core standards.
May 04, 2010
Race to Top Test Competition: Who's in the Game?
Remember that other Race to the Top competition? The one that will dole out $350 million for development and implementation of assessments aligned to common standards? Well, we have our first official indication of who's going to apply for that money. Those of you wonky enough to have followed ever...
May 04, 2010
Common-Standards Writers Speak: Chapter 2
We don't get a chance very often to hear from the folks who are leading the writing of the common-core standards. Just a couple weeks ago, David Coleman (English/language arts) and Jason Zimba (math) discussed the project at length at a forum here in Washington. Now, excerpts from video interviews w...
April 29, 2010
State-by-State Flashcards on the Common Standards
I don't know about you, but I've still got a student living under my roof, so I see flashcards in use from time to time at my kitchen table. (Yes, even in this tech-heavy age, even at the high school level, some of her teachers suggest that students memorize certain things by making flashcards.) Th...
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