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Ed Reformers Turn Against Testing, But For the Wrong Reason

November 14, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Shane Vander Hart: Both the testing and accountability movement and personalized learning are examples of top-down, dataless reforms that won’t work.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Chalkbeat, personalized learning, standardized testing

Florida Teacher Who Resigned: “Children Are Not Data Points”

October 31, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Maren Hicks encouraged administrators to heed teachers’ concern about standardized testing and policies that lose sight of the children in their care.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: data collection, Florida, Maren Hicks, standardized testing

University of Chicago Joins Growing List of Colleges Not Requiring ACT or SAT

June 15, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

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.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ACT, Bob Schaeffer, Chicago Tribune, college entrance exam, National Center for Fair and Open Testing, SAT, standardized testing, University of Chicago

Teacher Shortages Become More Acute

August 29, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

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.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Common Core, standardized testing, teacher shortages, testing and accountability, Valarie Strauss

Killing Curiosity

July 26, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

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.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Common Core, gifted-and-talented education, Scott Barry Kaufman, standardized testing

Another Example of “Flexibility” Under the Every Student Succeeds Act

December 7, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

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.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Every Student Succeeds Act, standardized testing

The Education Legacy Obama Is Not Talking About

October 24, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Valarie Strauss points out that President Barack Obama is not talking about his actual education legacy – Common Core and increased standardized testing.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Arne Duncan, Benjamin Banneker Academic High School, Common Core, John King, standardized testing, U.S. Department of Education

He Sued The School System (Video)

October 6, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

This spoken word video by Prince Ea highlights problems with the public school system in particular it’s one-size fits all approach.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core, one-size-fits-all, Prince Ea, standardized testing

South Carolina Special Ed Teacher Punished for Protecting Students

July 7, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Tracie Happel, a special education teacher in South Carolina, shares her story about being suspended for protesting her students taking standardized tests.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: common core assessments, South Carolina, Special Education, standardized testing, Tracie Happel

PARCC Quashes Discussion of Assessment

May 20, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

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.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Celia Oyler, PARCC, standardized testing

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