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Kids Need Recess

March 19, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

With the standards and accountability movement in education, along with its hyper-focus on testing, recess has become a luxury instead of a necessity for elementary school students.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: assessments, recess debate

What Are Gubernatorial Candidates Saying About Education?

February 22, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

There are 36 gubernatorial contests in 2018 with 269 declared candidates. What are they saying about education? According to Rick Hess and Sofia Gallo at American Enterprise Institute, not so much.

Filed Under: Candidates on Education, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2018 gubernatorial elections, academic standards, assessments, Common Core, data privacy, education policy

The Assessments Are Rigged

December 28, 2017 By Wendy Hart

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

ACT Develops Social-Emotional Learning Assessment

August 31, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

ACT has developed its own social-emotional learning assessment for middle and high school students and officially jumps into the latest education fad.

Filed Under: Social Emotional Learning Tagged With: ACT, assessment opt-out, assessments, education fads, education reform, Social-Emotional Learning

Alabamians Ask; Trump Administration Enables State Control of Assessments

July 11, 2017 By Eunie Smith and Deborah Love

Smith & Love: States should pursue their own course under an administration that in Alabama’s case showed respect for local and state control of education.

Filed Under: Education at State Level, Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: ACT Aspire, Alabama, assessments, Trump Administration, U.S. Department of Education

Another Mess ESSA Made

June 21, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Jay Matthews: “In the spirit of confusing bipartisanship,” the Every Student Succeeds Act insisted each state define what an ineffective teacher was.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: assessments, Every Student Succeeds Act, Ineffective Teachers, Jay Matthews

Feds Dangle Money at States for “Enhanced Assessments”

August 9, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

The U.S. Department of Education has announced the Enhanced Assessments Grants program to help states study improving their current assessment systems.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: assessments, Enhanced Assessment Grants, federal education spending, NJ.com, U.S. Department of Education

Education Voter Guide in Wisconsin 1st Congressional District Primary

August 6, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Stop Common Core in Wisconsin has an education policy voter guide for the Wisconsin 1st Congressional District GOP Primary between Paul Ryan and Paul Nehlen

Filed Under: Candidates on Education, Common Core State Standards Tagged With: assessments, Common Core, data privacy, Every Student Succeeds Act, parental control, Paul Nehlen, Paul Ryan, Wisconsin 1st Congressional District, Wisconsin Republican Primary

The Every Child Achieves Act Continues Test-based Accountability

July 14, 2015 By Erin Tuttle

S. 1177 retains the 17 NCLB mandated annual tests in grades 3-12 and includes of student test performance in state accountability systems.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: assessments, Every Child Achieves Act, federal assessment mandate, Lamar Alexander, No Child Left Behind, testing and accountability

The Real Problems Federal Assessment Programs Imposed Upon Education

April 20, 2015 By Karen Schroeder

The value of effective teaching assessments is being undercut by the problems created by an overbearing federal involvement defining teacher accountability.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: assessments, data privacy, Marc Tucker, No Child Left Behind, teacher accountability, U.S. Department of Education

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