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- 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
- Fewer Students Learning Arithmetic and Algebra 15 October, 2017
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Maine Supreme Court Upholds Ranked Choice Voting Law ivn.us/2018/04/17/mai… via @ivn
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Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects: federalregister.gov/d/2018-08231 #federalregister
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Growth Mindset and Grit Interventions learningscientists.org/blog/2018/4/19…
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The Psychology of Offering an Apology: Understanding the Barriers to Apologizing and How to Overcome Them - Karina… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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A majority of U.S. teens fear a shooting could happen at their school, and most parents share their concern pewrsr.ch/2HrmMif
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Tag Archives: PARCC
‘One size fits all’ national tests not deeper or more rigorous
http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/one-size-fits-all-national-tests-not-deeper-or-more-rigorous/ Some say that now is a wonderful time to be a psychometrician — a testing and measurement professional. There are jobs aplenty, with high pay and great benefits. Work is available in the private sector at test development firms; … Continue reading
How the USED has managed to get it wrong, again
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/02/03/dad-my-state-now-requires-11th-graders-to-take-the-sat-not-my-daughter/ An interesting dilemma. Common Core’s writers planned for a grade 11 test that would tell us whether or not students were college and career ready. Parents and state legislators don’t know who sets the cut score, what test items … Continue reading
Fordham report predictable, conflicted
On November 17, the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) will decide the fate of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) and the Partnership for Assessment of College Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) in the Bay State. … Continue reading
