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Wild Common Core Spin Over Federal Report

June 1, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Since news over Common Core has been bad, and NAEP scores have demonstrated that it has done nothing to raise student achievement it is understandable why Common Core advocates want to grasp at anything resembling good news.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: NAEP, National Center for Education Statistics, PARCC, Smarter Balanced

Louisiana’s State School Chief John White Worries About Upcoming NAEP Results

April 4, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

The 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results will be released on April 10th and it seems as though Louisiana State Superintendent of Education John White got an advanced look and he is worried.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Chalkbeat, John White, NAEP, National Assessment for Educational Progress, National Center for Education Statistics, Peggy Carr

Five Reasons to Oppose NCES Participation in the Int’l Early Learning Study

February 13, 2017 By Jane Robbins

Jane Robbins: We oppose a proposal by the National Center for Education Statistics to join OECD in conducting the International Early Learning Study (IELS).

Filed Under: Privacy Invasion/Data Mining Tagged With: American Principles Project, data mining, Federal Register, International Early Learning Study, National Center for Education Statistics, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

What 400 Data Points?

May 30, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

If you’re wondering what some opponents of the Common Core State Standards are talking about when they refer to 400 Data Points when discussing the potential data mining problems with the Common Core Assessments – you are not alone. Here are a couple of links. The first is from the National Center for Education Statistics.  […]

Filed Under: Privacy Invasion/Data Mining Tagged With: Common Education Data Standards, data points, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education

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