Poverty, the brain, depression, and test scores
A look at poverty among US students reveals a spike in the number of states where more than half of the students are living in poverty. What does it mean?
testing
On the movement to opt out of standardized tests
A national movement is picking up steam as parents in several states have made the conscious decision to allow their kids to skip school on standardized test days.
As predicted, bottom drops out on N.Y.'s state tests
Our analysis reveals possible problems with the test design in New York, and we are concerned with alignment to the Common Core.
Costs, technology drive Georgia etc. out of PARCC
Georgia has dropped out of a major testing consortium, and other states are considering the idea, due primarily to the increased costs they would incur and to technology concerns.
Giant puppet dreads declaration signed by NYC students
2 NY teachers taught a lesson about the Declaration of Independence using a large scroll modeled after the document in that it was intended to tell a government about the wrongs being inflicted on its subjects.
Computer glitch halts standardized testing in Ind.
A computer glitch caused Indiana's standardized testing to be interrupted for at least a day into the testing window Monday. The company is "working to resolve the issue." Great!
Vox ætatis: Protesting standardized tests in Colorado
The Latin phrase "vox ætatis" means "voice of an age group." In our first installment in the new series, we asked a leader of a student-led group opposed to some standardized tests a few questions.
Publishing a spoof on standardized tests by an 8th-grader
The Washington Post published a "standardized test" that was written by an 8th-grade student in New York. It's all in fun, but with any good joke, there are elements of truth.
ISBE extends accommodations for Dixon teachers’ strike
The teachers' strike in Dixon, Ill., now in its 9th day, has forced school officials, all the way up to the Assessment Division at the Illinois State Board of Education, to make special accommodations to give students every chance to complete state testing.