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- What can we do now: Education in America is a victim of Covid 19 28 July, 2020
- K-12 is a land of mystery 29 May, 2020
- Keep the Students but Get Rid of Their Bodies — A Practical Response to Educational Super-Inflation 12 May, 2020
- Who’s Telling the Truth about Alabama’s Constitutional Amendment One? 1 March, 2020
- Response to John Merrow’s advocacy of Project-based Learning 6 February, 2020
- Test Critics Fail the Test: Critics of Testing Don’t Understand the Basics of Testing 26 December, 2019
- Romanian officials’ nonchalant reaction to 2018 PISA results 19 December, 2019
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Author Archives: Richard P Phelps
Test Critics Fail the Test: Critics of Testing Don’t Understand the Basics of Testing
by Glynn D. Ligon, now posted in the Nonpartisan Education Review. https://nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Articles/v15n2.htm The Preface: Critics of testing students don’t understand the basics of testing. We let critics get away with bogus arguments that undermine the benefits of testing our students. … Continue reading
Posted in Education policy, K-12, Testing/Assessment
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The Hechinger Report on college admission testing
Like most education-focused news outlets, the Hechinger Report claims that it “provides in-depth, fact-based, unbiased reporting.” Yet, somehow, it usually ends up dishing the same old formulaic propaganda supportive of education insiders. Their October 9 story, “Questioning their fairness, a … Continue reading
Posted in College prep, Education journalism, Higher Education, Richard P. Phelps, Testing/Assessment
Tagged ACT, college admission, SAT
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Back to school means education news stories …for a while
It’s that time of year again. As millions of youngsters return to school, thousands of journalists cast about for a once-a-year education-themed story. As one might expect with such sporadic attention, many of the August/September stories will be light and … Continue reading
Richard Phelps: Is our education system failing us? Critically Speaking
CriticallySpeak @CritiSpeak https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/013-dr-richard-phelps-is-our-education-system-failing-us/id1463016517?i=1000445232433 K12 is in trouble! Johnny can’t read, write or do arithmetic, even with a college degree. Interview with Dr. Richard Phelps CriticallySpeaking podcast Critically Speaking on Apple Podcasts @@string1@@ · 2019 podcasts.apple.com
Education Next, the Fordham Institute, and Common Core
In years of observing the behavior of staff at the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and Institute I haven’t noticed much of the “open-mindedness and humility” claimed on its website.[1] More common has been a proclivity to suppress dissent, shun or … Continue reading
New “science and society” podcast
ANNOUNCING: Critically Speaking, a new podcast series hosted by Therese Markow, who writes: ” … we separate facts from fallacies at the intersection of science and society. “Every day we make decisions that affect our own lives, … Continue reading
Keeping Journalists in the Dark: ‘Citation Cartels’ Limit Public Knowledge
Keeping Journalists in the Dark: ‘Citation Cartels’ Limit Public Knowledge The public relies on journalists to learn about and share academic research. Public knowledge can be undermined, however, when academics try to influence what research journalists cover or limit the … Continue reading
US Education’s Dominant Research Method: Cherry Picking Evidence
https://truthinamericaneducation.com/education-reform/us-educations-dominant-research-method-cherry-picking-evidence/
There’s A Deeper Systemic Problem in the College Admissions Scandal No One Is Talking About
Posted in College prep, Education Fraud, Ethics, Testing/Assessment
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Missouri’s Show-Me Institute: Where Liberty (and Censorship?) Come First
Last year, in response to one of their blog posts, I submitted a comment to the think tank/advocacy group, the Show-Me Institute, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. I describe what I did, why, and what happened in a Nonpartisan Education … Continue reading
Common Core Collaborators: Six Organizational Portraits
New in the Nonpartisan Education Review: https://nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Articles/CommonCoreCollaborators.htm Phelps, R. P. (2018). Common Core Collaborators: Six Organizational Portraits. Nonpartisan Education Review/Articles, 14(3–7). – The Organization Named Achieve: Cradle of Common Core Cronyism – The Council of Chief State School Officers and … Continue reading
Posted in Censorship, College prep, Common Core, Curriculum & Instruction, Education journalism, Education policy, Education Reform, Higher Education, information suppression, K-12, partisanship, research ethics, Richard P. Phelps, Testing/Assessment
Tagged Achieve, Bellwether, CCSSO, College Board, Collegeboard, Fordham, NGA
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Nation’s Report Card: Common Core delivering education stagnation
Nation’s Report Card: Common Core Delivering Education Stagnation …at the Independent Voter Network website, https://IVN.us
Posted in Common Core, Education Fraud, Education policy, Education Reform, Richard P. Phelps, Testing/Assessment
Tagged NAEP
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There are Only Two Sides to US Education Policy (Thanks to the Parties)
There are Only Two Sides to US Education Policy (Thanks to the Parties) …at the Independent Voter Network website, https://IVN.us
Posted in Censorship, Education policy, information suppression, K-12, partisanship, research ethics, Richard P. Phelps
Tagged Democrats, Republicans
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What I learned at the ResearchED (US) Media Panel
For those still unfamiliar with it, ResearchED is “a grass-roots, teacher led organisation” founded in the UK whose mission is to “raise research literacy, bring people together, promote collaboration, increase awareness, promote research, and explore what works.” It has also … Continue reading
New in the Nonpartisan Education Review: Dan Koretz’s Big Con
The Testing Charade: Pretending to Make Schools Better, by Daniel Koretz [book review] Reviewed by Richard P. Phelps http://nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Reviews/v13n1.htm
Surprise! SBAC and CRESST stonewall public records request for their financial records
Say what you will about Achieve, PARCC, Fordham, CCSSO, and NGA— some of the organizations responsible for promoting the Common Core Initiative on us all. But, their financial records are publicly available. Not so for some other organizations responsible for … Continue reading
Posted in Censorship, Common Core, Education policy, Ethics, information suppression, K-12, research ethics, Richard P. Phelps, Testing/Assessment
Tagged CRESST, SBAC, UCLA
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The Gates Effect: Common Core Has Powerful Ally Keeping Unpopular Program Alive
The Gates Effect: Common Core Has Powerful Ally Keeping Unpopular Program Alive …at the Independent Voter Network website, https://IVN.US .
Close all USED-funded research centers: Evaluation of existing regulations: My two bits
My comments below in response to the USED request for comments on existing USED regulations. To submit your own, follow the instructions at: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=ED-2017-OS-0074-0001 MEMORANDUM To: Hilary Malawer, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education … Continue reading
“Organizationally orchestrated propaganda” at ETS
With the testing opt-out movement growing in popularity in 2016, Common Core’s profiteers began to worry. Lower participation enough and the entire enterprise could be threatened: with meaningless aggregate scores; compromised test statistics vital to quality control; and a strong … Continue reading
Posted in Censorship, College prep, Common Core, Education policy, Ethics, information suppression, Richard P. Phelps
Tagged ETS, opt out, opting out, Randy Bennett, testing
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