We're judging schools wrong: IL state supt.
The new IL state supt. of education spoke candidly to the <em>Daily Herald</em> about what school leaders need to do to help kids succeed in school.
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The NYT looks at scoring the PARCC tests
Our long response to a long article about what happens at Pearson's scoring site in San Antonio, where some of the PARCC tests are scored.
27 kids fail a Md. test who shouldn't have
A computer glitch caused the bubble sheets of some students to be scored incorrectly, which brought failing scores to about 2 dozen Md. H.S. students.
Maine drops out of Smarter Balanced
It seems Maine will drop out of SBAC, following a few other states. The problem was the collection of personal information about students.
Three faces of the PARCC tests in 2014-15
Teachers have to give students the PARCC tests, students are protesting about the PARCC tests, and even teachers have a few issues.
Mass. students create powerful artwork on testing
A teacher in Mass. gave her art students an assignment: Show how you feel about standardized tests. Powerful, expressive, haunting stuff here.
PARCC tests disrupt school schedules in Ohio
Now that the PARCC tests have finished, we're starting to hear rumblings that the tests disrupted schedules and impaired instruction in our schools.
Who runs schools: board, legislature, governor?
We wonder sometimes who runs public schools anymore, now that politicians are fighting with educators over how our students should be taught.
PARCC tests to be given in 1 window in 2015-16
Time spent on PARCC testing will be shorter in 2015-16, and the tests will be given during one window instead of two, as in 2014-15.
Minn. tests are hacked — again
Sluggish computers and trouble logging in caused Minnesota to suspend online testing for the state's test in science last week. What now?