American Revolution is like ‘real’ change in schools
Education needs a revolution, right? Sometimes, we all do. What will that revolution look like? It may not happen.
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Failing schools bring out voters, but unequally
Inequity is promoted, not reduced, when school accountability results label schools as failing: voters turn out in White districts, not in Black.
Bravo: College refuses to accept SAT/ACT scores
We applaud the efforts of Hampshire College, which has banned SAT or ACT scores for student applicants. The college isn't ranked anymore as a result.
Calif. schools didn’t tell parents about opting out
Some parents in Calif. say it was illegal for their kids' school district not to notify them they had the right to opt out of state tests.
Md. educators: too much testing, lost learning time
The teachers' union in Md. calls on the state and federal government to reduce the amount of time kids spend on testing.
Standardized tests don’t hold muster: Opinion
Common Core test scores will be released soon. The data may look good, but it tells us very little about our schools & teachers.
Wake-up call coming with PARCC test results
The results from the PARCC tests are going to be bad, and opinion writers, ill-informed as they may be, are trying to warn us.
Scathing critique of a testing company in Md.
The Md. comptroller let it be known at a Board of Public Works meeting that he finds the quality of certain Pearson-developed tests scandalous.
Skepticism spike surrounding standardized tests
The gauges in our brains that track skepticism for the validity and even relevance of state tests are pegged off-scale high.
Poll: Americans see schools as more than a test
The latest PDK poll came out Sunday. People don't like tests, are split on opting out, and like their local schools.