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Testing Schedule
We are looking for a way to spread out when students are assessed during the school year. Students are consistently loaded down with exams (chapter tests, unit tests, quarterlies, etc.) on Fridays and we are looking for a way to spread out their assessments throughout the week. Does anyone use a testing calendar throughout the year? Thank you.
Bryan Bookamer
Assistant Principal
Westhampton Beach High School
Added by Bryan Bookamer on August 20, 2013 at 12:33pm — No Comments
Unintended Consequences
Recently, I had a conversation with a teacher who is actually sad that she will probably be ranked “Highly Effective” using the new metrics for teacher evaluation in New York State. She lamented over the dampening of enthusiasm and curiosity in one of her students this year, and I could not help but wonder what are the unintended consequences of this misguided system of “reforming education.”
No, it does not matter that this child had come into 3rd grade reading at a level of 2.9,… Continue
No, it does not matter that this child had come into 3rd grade reading at a level of 2.9,… Continue
Added by David A. Gamberg on August 20, 2013 at 8:33am — No Comments
Why Are Schools Across N.Y. State So Frustrated? By Peter DeWitt
Why Are Schools Across N.Y. State So Frustrated?
Added by Michael Keany on August 20, 2013 at 8:03am — No Comments
Don't Just Learn - Overlearn by Annie Murphy-Paul
Don't just learn—overlearn
"Why do I have to keep practicing? I know it already!”
That’s the familiar wail of a child seated at the piano or in front of the multiplication table (or, for that matter, of an adult taking a tennis lesson). Cognitive science has a persuasive retort: We don’t just need to learn a task in order to perform it well; we need to overlearn it. Decades of research have shown that superior performance requires practicing beyond the point of mastery. The… Continue
"Why do I have to keep practicing? I know it already!”
That’s the familiar wail of a child seated at the piano or in front of the multiplication table (or, for that matter, of an adult taking a tennis lesson). Cognitive science has a persuasive retort: We don’t just need to learn a task in order to perform it well; we need to overlearn it. Decades of research have shown that superior performance requires practicing beyond the point of mastery. The… Continue
Added by Michael Keany on August 19, 2013 at 10:36am — No Comments
Book on Suffrage
According to the National Archives, on this day in 1920, Senate ratified the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote. The picture book, Elizabeth Leads the Way,…
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Added by Christine Brower-Cohen on August 18, 2013 at 7:28pm — No Comments
In Testing, a Principal Leans on Her Experience By MICHAEL WINERIP
Added by Michael Keany on August 16, 2013 at 10:32pm — No Comments
Back to School: Goal Setting With Your Students by MAURICE ELIAS
Back to School: Goal Setting With Your Students
AUGUST 16, 2013This post by MAURICE ELIAS originally appeared in Edutopia's …
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Added by Michael Keany on August 16, 2013 at 10:18pm — No Comments
How come officials could predict new test score results? by Carol Burris
Added by Michael Keany on August 16, 2013 at 10:13pm — No Comments
Rating Schools of Education By Walt Gardner
Rating Schools of Education
Added by Michael Keany on August 16, 2013 at 10:04pm — No Comments
The Implications of Universal Preschool By Matthew Lynch
The Implications of Universal Preschool
Added by Michael Keany on August 16, 2013 at 10:02pm — No Comments
Common Core Tests are Not Good for Children or Other Living Things By Anthony Cody
Common Core Tests are Not Good for Children or Other Living Things
Added by Michael Keany on August 15, 2013 at 7:44am — No Comments
Minding the Gap: SAT and the Socio-Economic Divide By Ilana Garon
Minding the Gap: SAT and the Socio-Economic Divide
Added by Michael Keany on August 15, 2013 at 7:42am — No Comments
Great article that I watned to share with all of you!!
Added by Dr. Carlos Perez on August 14, 2013 at 3:55pm — No Comments
Writing For Children Across Boundaries
Having difficulty writing a character who is a different gender, race, or from a different culture than you? The Highlights Foundation is offering a workshop on Writing Across Boundaries. It sounds like a good one, so if you attend, comment here and let us know how it goes!
Happy reading and writing,
Christine…
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Twitter For education
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England vs Scotland: Competing school reform visions by Marc Tucker
Added by Michael Keany on August 13, 2013 at 2:11pm — No Comments
Can the Common Core Fix Poverty? By Peter DeWitt
Added by Michael Keany on August 13, 2013 at 11:26am — No Comments
School Change: Make Room for "Wrongdoing" by MATT LEVINSON
Added by Michael Keany on August 13, 2013 at 11:15am — No Comments
Teacher Burnout: Start Preventing It Now! by NICHOLAS PROVENZANO
Teacher Burnout: Start Preventing It Now!
AUGUST 8, 2013This post by NICHOLAS PROVENZANO originally appeared in…
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Added by Michael Keany on August 13, 2013 at 11:11am — No Comments
Gary Rubinstein: Dramatic Collapse of Charter School Test Scores
Added by Michael Keany on August 13, 2013 at 10:34am — No Comments
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