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Recent Posts
- My letter to Bill Gates on how to prepare students for algebra 17 May, 2018
- Nation’s Report Card: Common Core delivering education stagnation 12 April, 2018
- There are Only Two Sides to US Education Policy (Thanks to the Parties) 8 April, 2018
- New in the Nonpartisan Education Review: Who watches the watchmen? Transparency might guard the integrity of the tests given by the National Assessment of Educational Progress 8 April, 2018
- What I learned at the ResearchED (US) Media Panel 2 December, 2017
- New in the Nonpartisan Education Review: Dan Koretz’s Big Con 26 November, 2017
- Count the Tropes, Dept. 6 November, 2017
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My letter to Bill Gates on how to prepare students for algebra nonpartisaneducation.org/blog1/2018/05/…
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There are two big reasons robocalls are getting worse. The FCC is only trying to fix one: slate.com/technology/201… via @Slate
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But, isn't he opposed to parents pulling their students out of common core testing? He wants parents involved only… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Guess Why 1.1 Million Registered Pennsylvania Voters Were Disenfranchised in Yesterday's Primaries ivn.us/2018/05/16/gue… via @ivn
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The Learning Scientists Blog learningscientists.org/blog/2018/5/18…
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Nonpartisan Education blogs: nonpartisaneducation.org/blog1/ nonpartisaneducation.com
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Rising share of U.S. primary schools have sworn officers on the premises pewrsr.ch/2KnQzG7
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Monthly Archives: January 2014
On Writing
“First, we stopped demanding that students read anything very challenging in school, and then we stopped holding our teachers or students accountable for the quality of student writing.” On Writing National Center on Education and the Economy By Marc Tucker … Continue reading
Large-scale educational testing in Chile: Some thoughts
Recently in the auditorium of Universidad Finis Terrae, I argued that Chile’s Prueba de Selección Universitaria (PSU) cannot be “fixed” and should be scrapped. I do not, however, advocate the elimination of university entrance examinations but, rather, the creation of … Continue reading
Posted in College prep, Education policy, Richard P. Phelps, Testing/Assessment
Tagged Agencia de Calidad de la Educacion, assessment, Chile, fairness in testing, MIDE UC, OECD, predictive validity, Prueba de Selección Universitaria, PSU, SIMCE, standardized testing, Universidad Finis Terrae, university admission, World Bank
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