In Britain, Judging the Quality of Tests Through the Ages
Britain's Tory party proposes an online database of national tests, from different eras. Read Full Post >
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August 04, 2009
July 31, 2009
State Appeals Court: California Can Stick With English in Tests for ELLs
A state appeals court has ruled that California can stick with English in testing English-language learners for accountability purposes under the No Child Left Behind Act. Nine school districts sued the state over the English-only testing issue in 2005. Read Full Post >
July 16, 2009
Yapping About the Achievement Gap
Plenty of state reaction to the recent NCES study on the disparity between white and black students. Read Full Post >
July 14, 2009
White-Black Achievement Gap: Stagnation Among Older Students
A new study re-examines the white-black achievement gap. It seems likely to prompt re-examinations of the No Child Left Behind Act, too. Read Full Post >
July 08, 2009
WIDA Tally: Hawaii Joins Testing Consortium
Hawaii joins 18 other states and the District of Columbia in deciding to use the English-language-proficiency test most commonly used by states: Access for ELLs. Read Full Post >
July 02, 2009
The Emperor Wears No Clothes
Dear Diane, I don’t even trust myself to write standards (of the sort that can be specs for tests) for one school, one district, one state—much less the whole nation! I’m bound to have a better idea a week later. And, given those who are considered the experts these days on matters of sc... Read Full Post >
July 01, 2009
The Aftermath of the Storm in Storm Lake
The Storm Lake school district in Iowa reviewed and revised its policies on English-language learners after a student of Lao descent refused to take and English-language-proficiency test because she believed she was fluent in English. Read Full Post >
June 30, 2009
A Worthy Proposal for State Inspection Teams
Dear Deborah, The current effort to develop national standards in English and math is something to which we will surely pay close attention. I understand that you reject consequential curricular decisions made outside the school, but my view is that “it depends.” That's my view of lots of thing... Read Full Post >
June 26, 2009
Texas Alternate Assessments Approved
These tests can be used for students who are not severely cognitively disabled, but are still learning at a rate slower than their peers. Read Full Post >
June 22, 2009
Testing Science and Scientific Inquiry
From Guest Blogger Stephen Sawchuk I went to a really interesting session yesterday about ways testing experts are using computer technology to measure science content in novel ways. Basically, the computer offers ways of testing students' knowledge of science and the scientific process, as well as... Read Full Post >
