5 of 11 biggest ed stories have national scope
Happy New Year! ESSA, #BlackLivesMatter, floods & tornadoes, concussions, charters, teachers' strikes, corruption: the big stories of 2015.
testing
Conn. to withhold funding from opt-out schools
States have been asked, by the US Dept of Ed, to deal with opt-outs, and Conn. plans to make withholding funds part of the state's strategy.
Variation seen in testing time in Maryland schools
No action is indicated at the state level to impose regulations on schools or dictate the number of hours students should spend on tests.
Md. releases grade-3 thru -8 PARCC scores
Fewer than half of 3rd through 8th graders in Md. "passed" last year's exams from the PARCC consortium. Here's what that means.
Mass. will use PARCC questions, on its own
One of the leaders of PARCC has decided to reduce its level of dependence on tests from the multistate consortium.
Certainty-based marking on Voxitatis Moodle
Our test-development efforts on Voxitatis Moodle make use of certainty-based marking. Students report how sure they are of their answers.
PARCC test items released
The states that make up PARCC consortium are releasing test items from this year's PARCC assessment to help teachers.
Maryland releases high school PARCC data
State-level results from the PARCC tests have been released for Maryland's high school students. Lots of kids did poorly, but not all.
Feds call for limits on testing in schools
The Obama administration will issue guidance to reduce the amount of standardized testing schools put kids through for accountability.
Maybe we need harder tests. Or not.
Community colleges seek partnerships with high schools in order to help students achieve at higher levels in math and English.