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U.S. Asks Educators to Reinvent Student Tests, and How They Are Given

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 78, Clicks: 16)  View Story

Could the bubble be on the way out? In the near future, students may take their tests on computers.

1 comments | Tags: common core standards arne duncan testing initiative american institutes for research performance-based tasks | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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#1 by nitajo posted ago +2 apples bad good
The new tests, which in theory will immediately identify for teachers the concepts students have not yet learned, will require teachers to adapt classroom instruction to make use of the testing results.
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