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- Indoctrinating our youth: How a U.S. Public School Curriculum Skews the Arab-Israeli Conflict 14 April, 2019
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6 facts about U.S. political independents pewrsr.ch/2LMgcWI
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Keeping Journalists in the Dark: ‘Citation Cartels’ Limit Public Knowledge jamesgmartin.center/2019/05/keepin… via @AcademicRenewal
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Wisconsin's Democracy Found seeks open primaries, ranked choice voting a.msn.com/01/en-us/AABlz…
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Maine House votes to amend constitution to include ranked-choice voting wabi.tv/content/news/M…
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States in the Deep South limit access to the polls. So does New York. psmag.com/social-justice…
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OPINION: Voters Must Cast Off the Shackles of Two-Party Control ivn.us/2019/05/02/opi… via @ivn
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AOC brilliantly exposed how lobbyists are openly manipulating lawmakers. good.is/articles/aoc-e…
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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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