Online Testing Runs Off-Track in Several States
Technological problems derail tests in Kentucky, Oklahoma, Indiana, and Minnesota. Read Full Post >
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May 06, 2013
May 05, 2013
Teachers Need Action Along With Appreciation
This is Teacher Appreciation Week and tomorrow is National Teacher Day. It is time to take action to restore respect, autonomy, and responsibility to teachers for their profession. Read Full Post >
May 02, 2013
Kentucky Common-Core Testing Snafus Upset Lawmakers
Kentucky has stopped the scoring of constructed-response items on common-core-based tests, and experienced separate test-related technical glitches. Read Full Post >
May 02, 2013
English Teachers Group Opposes Machine-Scored Writing
National Council of Teachers of English argues that computers ignore the most valuable elements of student writing. Read Full Post >
May 01, 2013
Saving Childhood
We want to save some sense for our students that childhood is different from adulthood. It is a special time, safe and loving, not a rehearsal for the stress of adulthood. Read Full Post >
May 01, 2013
Indiana Could Back Out of Common-Core Tests
New commissioner Glenda Ritz wants the state to go its own way with standardized tests. Read Full Post >
April 30, 2013
Baton Rouge Seeks to Avoid State Takeover
The East Baton Rouge Parish school board plans to move 100 gifted and talented students from a higher-performing elementary school to a lower-performing school this fall in order to improve the test scores of the lower-performing school. Read Full Post >
April 30, 2013
Computer Crashes Cause Testing Anxiety in Oklahoma, Minnesota
Recent testing problems in Oklahoma and Minnesota due to computer glitches have raised concerns about online testing. Read Full Post >
April 29, 2013
Teachers' Union President: Halt All High Stakes Linked to Common Core
Randi Weingarten argues that no high-stakes decisions based on the common core should be made about students, teachers, or schools until adequate support has been provided. Read Full Post >
April 27, 2013
Teachers Need So-Called Tenure More Than Ever
Teachers need fair employment and dismissal procedures or so-called tenure because so much concentration on high stakes testing has distorted the practice of teaching. Politicians need to assure good teachers that they will not be subjected to personal, political, arbitrary, and capricious decisions not to mention nepotism. Read Full Post >
