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U.S. testing: Are the stakes actually high?
High school students in the U.S. take many standardized tests, but how do these compare with those taken by teenagers around the world? asks Cory Turner of NPR. For instance, at the age of 16, almost every child in England takes between 15 to 20 substantial examinations, all part of one test, which determine whether they finish high school. Finland has a single standardized exam at the end of high school, but it…
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Almost no one benefits from high-stakes testing
High-stakes testing in the District of Columbia is especially burdensome to low-performing schools, write Josie Malone and Wagma Mommandi, a sixth-year high school English Language Arts teacher and a fifth-year high school science teacher, in The Huffington Post. The DC CAS (Comprehensive Assessment System) does not show student growth, which is needed for schools to demonstrate actual progress achieved by…
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Some educators, including those enthusiastic about the Common Core, have publicly worried about the effects of the standards on students already lagging, especially those still learning English, writes Pat Wingert for The Hechinger Report. Teachers fear the achievement gap between native speakers and English learners (ELLs) will widen, particularly where teachers have too little training and too few resources. The number of…
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The High Stakes of Teacher Evaluation
By Jack Schneider
Teacher behavior matters less than student learning. That’s the new mantra in education reform.
From coast to coast, classroom observations are being replaced by student achievement scores as
the coin of the realm in teacher evaluation. In many states, 50 percent of teacher effectiveness
ratings are now determined by such data, and if the trend continues that number will only grow.
It won’t be…
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May 1, 2014
Millions remain unemployed as the nation’s economy recovers all too slowly from the recession of 2008.
A common explanation for this state of affairs in the media and policymaking circles focuses on the “skills gap” which is a structural mismatch between the supply of workers with particular skill sets and employers’ demands for qualified workers. Instead of studying…
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