Testing, the Common Core, and Consumer Resistance
Marc Tucker examines the meaning behind consumer resistance to mandated school testing. Read Full Post >
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8 Problems With the Common Core State Standards? I Don't Think So
Marc Tucker responds to educator Marion Brady's objections to the common core state standards. Read Full Post >
May 14, 2012
Implementing the Common Core State Standards
Marc Tucker takes a look at new research arguing that the Common Core K-8 standards in mathematics are comparable to those used by the world's top-performing countries. Read Full Post >
April 05, 2012
How Australia Developed a National Curriculum and Assessment System
An interview with Barry McGaw, the the Chair of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) and a Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne, on how Australia developed a national curriculum and assessment system. Read Full Post >
February 28, 2012
The Brown Center Report: When Will American Researchers Take on the Issues That Really Matter?
Marc Tucker responds to Tom Loveless' recent take on interpreting international test scores. Read Full Post >
February 21, 2012
How the Brown Center Report Got it Wrong: No Relationship Between Academic Standards and Student Performance?
Marc Tucker reviews the latest report from the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution Read Full Post >
February 03, 2012
Resilience and the Disadvantaged Student
Marc Tucker examines the OECD data on disadvantaged students who succeed in school. Read Full Post >
January 19, 2012
On Curriculum, Assessment and (Especially) Writing in the Modern Age
Marc Tucker discusses two different approaches to test construction. Read Full Post >
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