States Lack Sufficient Test Security, Newspaper Finds
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution finds that most oversights in most states put them at risk for large-scale cheating on state tests. Read Full Post >
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October 01, 2012
September 28, 2012
Should the Common Standards 'Change Everything'?
A common-standards advocate argues that many aspects of American education will have to change if schooling is to fully reflect the new expectations. Read Full Post >
September 28, 2012
Teaching to the Test: Is it a Bad Thing?
Is it bad to teach to the test? Read Full Post >
September 27, 2012
Civil Rights Group Questions Specialized Schools' Admissions in N.Y.C.
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has filed a complaint against New York City's Specialized High Schools' admissions process. It says that over-reliance on a less-than-perfect test leads to disproportionately low numbers of African-American and Latino students at the schools. Read Full Post >
September 19, 2012
Will the Common Assessments Be Used as a Graduation Requirement?
States' plans to use the common assessments as exit exams spark a warning from a Washington research-and-policy group. Read Full Post >
September 18, 2012
Fraction of Special Ed. Students Proficient on National Writing Test
Just 5 percent of 8th graders and 5 percent of 12th graders who took the new National Assessment of Educational Progress in writing earned a score at or above the "proficient" level. Read Full Post >
September 15, 2012
Yes, Teachers Do Have A Breaking Point
We all remember the scene in the movie Network where a character throws open the window, sticks his head out, and yells, "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore." Last week, about 30,000 educators in Chicago came to a similar breaking point. It was a fascinating week for watchers an... Read Full Post >
September 14, 2012
NAEP Writing Exam Reveals Low Proficiency Rates
Based on new data from the "nation's report card," a lot of U.S. students are not "proficient" in writing, and the issue is especially alarming for black and Hispanic students. Read Full Post >
September 14, 2012
Smarter Balanced, PARCC Team Up To Fund Future Operations
Two big assessment consortia partner with the organizations that led the common-standards initiative to seek funding. Read Full Post >
September 13, 2012
Common-Core Test Group Eyes State Feedback
PARCC's K-12 and higher education leaders continued their work to and agree on performance-level descriptors for the impending Common Core State Standards assessments. Read Full Post >
