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Paper and Pencil Test Administration Is Not Impacted By Cyberattacks

April 23, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart Leave a Comment

Paper and Pencil Test Administration Is Not Impacted By Cyberattacks

Last week, seven states who contract with Questar for their statewide computer-based assessments were subject to a cyberattack. Pencil and paper assessments don’t face those kinds of problems.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Computer-Based Assessments, cyber security, data security, New York, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

Flint’s Precipitous Drop in Test Scores Caused By Lead?

February 27, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Flint’s Precipitous Drop in Test Scores Caused By Lead?

Could an exposure to lead in Flint, MI’s drinking water cause a drop in test scores? Some are claiming that, and if any city could point to that as a possible cause it would be Flint. The data does not appear to back that up, however.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Common Core, Common Core Assessment, Flint, Michigan

Illinois To “Transform” Assessment

February 14, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Illinois To “Transform” Assessment

The Chicago Tribune recently reported that the Illinois State Board of Education plans to modify the PARCC assessment for 3rd-8th graders on the heels of a recent standoff with Chicago Public Schools over the assessment, as well as, complaints from numerous school districts.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Chicago Tribune, Illinois, Illinois State Board of Education, PARCC

Five Tips for Refusing the Test

February 8, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart and J.R. Wilson

Five Tips for Refusing the Test

Spring assessments are right around the corner so parents who want to opt their kids out should start that process now. Here are five tips that will help you refuse the test

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: assessment opt-outs

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy: Time to Get Rid of PARCC

January 16, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy: Time to Get Rid of PARCC

Newly sworn-in New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced last week as Governor-Elect that it is time for the Garden State to get rid of PARCC as their state-wide assessment.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: common core assessments, Lamont Repollet, New Jersey, PARCC, Phil Murphy

Colorado Senate Bill Seeks to Protect Students Who Opt-Out From Assessments

January 11, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Colorado Senate Bill Seeks to Protect Students Who Opt-Out From Assessments

SB18-011, filed this week in the Colorado Senate, seeks to ensure that students whose parents opt them out of assessments do not face punitive measures at school.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2018 Bills, Andy Kerr, Chris Holbert, Colorado, Colorado Senate, Colorado State Board of Education, Parental Opt-Outs, Paul Lundeen, SB18-011, Tracy Kraft-Tharp

Arizona House Bill Would Require High School Juniors to Take ACT or SAT

January 10, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Arizona House Bill Would Require High School Juniors to Take ACT or SAT

HB 2037, a bill filed in the Arizona House of Representatives, if passed would not require high school juniors to take AzMerit or the AIMS Science test. Instead, they would take a college-readiness exam like ACT or SAT.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2018 Bills, ACT, AIMS Science Assessment, Arizona, Arizona House of Representatives, AzMerit, college entrance exams, HB 2037, Heather Carter, SAT, The Classic Learning Test, Vector ARC

An Open Letter to New Hampshire Education Commissioner Edelblut

January 5, 2018 By Ann Marie Banfield

An Open Letter to New Hampshire Education Commissioner Edelblut

Ann Marie Banfield: Parents want to know that their children can compute math problems.They are not sending their children to school for mental health evaluations, especially without parental knowledge or consent.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: Frank Edelblut, New Hampshire, New Hampshire State Board of Education, PACE, Smarter Balanced

The Assessments Are Rigged

December 28, 2017 By Wendy Hart

The Assessments Are Rigged

Wendy Hart: Instead of wondering how kids are doing on state assessments and whether a school is “good” based on the assessment scores, we need to be asking what are these assessments supposed to be measuring and how do we know they really are measuring what they claim?

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: assessments, Common Core Math, data collection, SAGE, standardized assessments

Maryland Delays Requiring Students to Pass PARCC to Graduate

November 2, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Maryland Delays Requiring Students to Pass PARCC to Graduate

The Maryland State Board of Education will not require students to pass PARCC in high school in order to graduate until 2024.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core, Graduation Requirements, Maryland, Maryland State Board of Education, PARCC

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