The Answer Sheet Archive: Standardized Tests
March Madness: 'My name is Luke and I refuse to take your test'
A father writes that his 11-year-old has spent this year in school getting ready for this month's Pennsylvania standardized assessment tests rather than pursuing intellectually stimulating classroom experiences. Now he wonders if he should ask his son to boycott the tests.
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Valerie Strauss
| March 2, 2011; 11:00 AM ET |
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Guest Bloggers, Standardized Tests
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bartleby project, penn state, pennsylvania assessments, rube goldberg, standardized tests
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Obama's mistimed Miami school visit -- with Jeb Bush
What a tag team. At a time when Wisconsin teachers are protesting to keep their collective bargaining rights, President Obama is traveling to Florida to share a stage with the anti-union Jeb Bush, the former governor who led corporate-driven, standardized test-obsessed school reform and tried to reduce teachers union influence.
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Valerie Strauss
| March 2, 2011; 5:00 AM ET |
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School turnarounds/reform, Standardized Tests
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arne duncan, president obama, president obama and teachers, rick scott, scott walker, wisconsin protests, wisconsin teachers
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Why NAEP science scores were so low
What is surprising about the newly released science scores in the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress, commonly known as the nation’s report card, is that anybody is surprised that they were so low.
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Valerie Strauss
| February 26, 2011; 2:01 PM ET |
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Science, Standardized Tests
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naep, naep science scores, no child left behind, standardized tests
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The irony of Obama’s ‘help’ for Wisconsin teachers
President Obama’s support to Wisconsin's protesting teachers is ironic, given that teachers and their collective bargaining rights have already been undermined by his education reform policies.
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Valerie Strauss
| February 21, 2011; 11:18 AM ET |
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Race to the Top, Standardized Tests, Teacher assessment, Teachers
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collective bargaining, gov. scott walker, labor, labor movement, madison schools, madison schools closed, madison teachers, wisconsin, wisconsin governor, wisconsin protests, wisconsin teachers
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Mobile technology and school reform: What’s the connection?
The United States has regained dominance in mobile technology, according to The Economist. How does that square with warnings that our troubled schools have harmed the U.S. ability to compete internationally?
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Valerie Strauss
| February 16, 2011; 10:40 AM ET |
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Standardized Tests, Technology
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arne duncan, education secretary arne duncan, international competitiveness, international tests, mobile technology, pisa, robert j. samuelson, school reform, sputnik, the answer sheet, the economist
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Why our metrics for quality are not objective
Choosing the right metric to measure a medical therapy or school effectiveness is not a fact-filled, objective decision. It is subjective and packed with trade-offs, a veteran educator explains.
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Valerie Strauss
| February 11, 2011; 5:00 AM ET |
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Guest Bloggers, Larry Cuban, Standardized Tests
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