A Case of Assessment Season Opt Out Bullying
Most parents requesting to opt out would be shook up and intimidated if they received the following letter and form. It likely
Category: SBAC
High School in Seattle says “No!” to the Common Core SBAC Assessments
In January last year, we reported about teachers at Garfield High School in Seattle taking a stand and refusing to administer the
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics: Does It Add Up or Down? Part 3
Standards for Mathematical Practice The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Table of Contents includes two types of standards. First listed are
An Early Look at Smarter Balanced Assessments
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium just released a practice test to give administrators, teachers, parents, students and other stakeholders an early look
SBAC Assessments Sneak Through Republican-Led Iowa House
I wrote back in January that there would have to be a statutory change in Iowa before the Iowa Department of Education
SBAC Assessments Will Require Statutory Change In Iowa
Iowa jumped on the Common Core State Standards in 2010. They joined the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. The Iowa Department of Education
S.C. State Senator Mike Fair Warns About Common Core Testing
South Carolina State Senator Mike Fair (R-Greenville) wrote an op/ed for The State where he warned that South Carolina could regret their
Breaking News: Utah State Board of Education Votes to Pull Out of SBAC
The Utah State Board of Education’s meeting today had common core testing on the agenda. Sources tell me that the Board has
SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium Awards Common Core Architecture Contract to Measured Progress
SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium Awards Common Core Architecture Contract to Measured Progress November 21, 2011Â Â Â Measured Progress
New Standards, Familiar Problems
The following op-ed is the John Locke Foundation’s Daily Journal for Friday, October 28, 2011: If you thought the federal No Child