Ed Reformers Turn Against Testing, But For the Wrong Reason
Shane Vander Hart: Both the testing and accountability movement and personalized learning are examples of top-down, dataless reforms that won’t work.
Tag: standardized testing
Florida Teacher Who Resigned: “Children Are Not Data Points”
Maren Hicks encouraged administrators to heed teachers’ concern about standardized testing and policies that lose sight of the children in their care.
University of Chicago Joins Growing List of Colleges Not Requiring ACT or SAT
The University of Chicago joins a growing list of colleges that will no longer require students to submit ACT or SAT scores as an admission requirement.
Teacher Shortages Become More Acute
Valarie Strauss at The Washington Post writes about the teacher shortages every state is facing this school year, a problem that has become acute in recent years.
Killing Curiosity
Curiosity is a unique marker of academic success underemphasized in the classroom thanks to the push for standardized testing and one-size-fits-all reforms.
Another Example of “Flexibility” Under the Every Student Succeeds Act
The U.S. Department of Education will publish a new rule for ESSA that will mandate a one percent cap on students who use an alternative test.
The Education Legacy Obama Is Not Talking About
Valarie Strauss points out that President Barack Obama is not talking about his actual education legacy – Common Core and increased standardized testing.
He Sued The School System (Video)
This spoken word video by Prince Ea highlights problems with the public school system in particular it’s one-size fits all approach.
South Carolina Special Ed Teacher Punished for Protecting Students
Tracie Happel, a special education teacher in South Carolina, shares her story about being suspended for protesting her students taking standardized tests.
PARCC Quashes Discussion of Assessment
It is really difficult to explain why PARCC is a bad assessment if teachers can’t talk about specific items in the assessment. Who does this help? Not kids.