Tag Archives: SBAC

Surprise! SBAC and CRESST stonewall public records request for their financial records

Posted on 01/10/2017 by Richard P Phelps

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 | Leave a comment

‘One size fits all’ national tests not deeper or more rigorous

Posted on 12/06/2016 by Richard P Phelps

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 →

Posted in College prep, Common Core, Education policy, Education Reform, K-12, research ethics, Richard P. Phelps, Testing/Assessment | Tagged Achieve, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CCSSO, common core, education reporting, NGA, PARCC, SBAC, semantics, standardized testing | Leave a comment

Some Common Core Salespersons’ Salaries: DC Edu-Blob-ulants

Posted on 21/05/2016 by Richard P Phelps

Linked are copies of Form 990s for Marc Tucker’s National Center for Education and the Economy (NCEE), Checker Finn’s Fordham Foundation and Fordham Institute, and Bob Wise’s Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE). Each pays himself and at least one other … Continue reading →

Posted in Common Core, Education policy, Education Reform, Ethics, research ethics | Tagged Achieve, Alliance for Excellent Education, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bob Wise, CCSSO, Checker Finn, common core, education reporting, Fordham Institute, Marc Tucker, Mike Petrilli, NCEE, NGA, SBAC, Thomas B. Fordham | 1 Comment

How the USED has managed to get it wrong, again

Posted on 07/02/2016 by Sandra Stotsky

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 →

Posted in College prep, Common Core, Education policy, ESSA, K-12, Reading & Writing, Sandra Stotsky, Testing/Assessment | Tagged ACT, college admission, common core, ESEA, ESSA, federal government, PARCC, SAT, SBAC | 1 Comment

Selling ‘Performance’ Assessments with Inaccurate Pictures from Kentucky

Posted on 14/03/2015 by Richard Innes

By Richard Innes, new in the Nonpartisan Education Review. See more at: https://nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Articles/v11n1.htm#sthash.mGQ6Mqbh.dpuf