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NCLB Testing Said to Give 'Illusions of Progress'

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 130, Clicks: 2)
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Harvard University researcher Daniel M. Koretz writes -- "for reasons that are politically better but academically worse, rampantly inflated standardized test scores are giving the misbegotten impression that, as in the fictional town made famous by radio personality Garrison Keillor, all children are above average."

1 comments | Tags: daniel m. koretz national assessment reauthorization of the esea no child left behind law accountability | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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School violence a 'community issue'

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.abc.net.au (Views: 143, Clicks: 2)
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The Australian Education Union (AEU) says violence in schools is not just an issue for educators but the community as a whole.

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New York Measuring Teachers by Test Scores

Sculb sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 146, Clicks: 4)
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Other school systems, including those in Dallas and Houston as well as in the whole state of Tennessee, are also using student performance and improvement as factors in evaluating teachers. In 140 schools — a tenth of the roughly 1,400 in the system — teachers are being measured on how many students in their classes meet basic progress goals, how much student performance grows each year, and how that improvement compares with the performance of similar students with other teachers.

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Federal Report Fuels a Quarter-Century of Restructuring, and Controversy

wordgirl sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 140, Clicks: 7)
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A Nation At Risk is 25 years old this week.

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Maths still out for the count

Sculb sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 152, Clicks: 6)
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Very interesting story out of Australia on a recent survey performed on math education. The survey has found that a reduction in the quality of math education has multiplier effect on other competencies from agriculture to science. The authors are labeling the situation as potentially "disastrous".

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Math tests for kindergartners?

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://edition.cnn.com (Views: 130, Clicks: 2)
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The city is asking public school principals to consider giving math tests to kindergartners, a proposal that comes amid debate over the growing use of standardized tests nationwide.

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Teacher absences are hurting learning

Sculb sumitted ago via http://today.msnbc.msn.com (Views: 144, Clicks: 0)
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A year is a long time in a child's education, the time it can take to learn cursive writing or beginning algebra. It's also how much time kids can spend with substitute teachers from kindergarten through high school — time that's all but lost for learning.

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IPS to cluster kids who have been held back

nitajo sumitted ago via http://pbcs.indystar.com (Views: 117, Clicks: 1)
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1,400 students who have repeated grades twice will get special teachers and extra help to catch up to peers

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Answers to education woes begin at home

Sculb sumitted ago via http://www.mlive.com (Views: 133, Clicks: 10)
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``Gains Elusive, Report Finds,'' could be the headline on almost every article that's coming out of the education field...Yet near the end of article was mention of 2005 meta-analysis by the U.S. Department of Education on single-sex education; fewer than half of the 40 studies reviewed found that such classrooms have a positive impact.

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Rethinking Mathematics

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.rethinkingschools.org (Views: 96, Clicks: 6)
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The teaching of mathematics needs to be connected to the lives and experiences of African-American students, thereby enabling them to take part fully in our democracy. Traditionally, schools have provided African-American students with few opportunities to connect mathematics to their lives and experiences.

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A right to home school? - Los Angeles Times

Sculb sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 74, Clicks: 4)
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There is plenty to debate about home schooling, but a new court ruling managed to avoid all reasonable disagreements and instead used a single example of possible child abuse to throw the book at tens of thousands of home schoolers throughout California.

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Gillard to end school inequality | The Australian

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au (Views: 62, Clicks: 1)
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The socio-economic status, or SES, index is the basis for federal funding of private schools. It links students' residential addresses to census data to obtain a profile of the school community and its ability to financially support the private school. Public schools are currently funded through state governments on a per-student basis with little reference to levels of socio-economic disadvantage.

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In a Time of Distracted Ears, Teachers Ensure They’re Loud and Clear

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 81, Clicks: 4)
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In an era of chronic ear infections, widespread iPod use and rampant attention-deficit disorders, school officials have embraced the microphones for mainstream classrooms, pointing to research suggesting that all children learn better when they hear instruction loud and clear.

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10 Signs of What Is Not a Crummy Poor-Kid School

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 35, Clicks: 3)
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Ten characteristics from 'It's Being Done': Academic Success in Unexpected Schools" by Karin Chenoweth that will serve as a guide for future columns on how we can identify schools where poor children and children of color do better than their peers in others schools.

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School district can only get limited help from state

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.ajc.com (Views: 44, Clicks: 4)
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The National Accreditation Commission voted unanimously to revoke Clayton's accreditation Sept. 1 unless the district meets nine specific conditions set by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Only one of the nine mandates can be addressed at the state level, James E. Bostic, of the state board of education, told the Clayton school board Monday night.

3 comments | Tags: georgia loss of accreditation attendance records struggling districts | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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