Kudos to those leaders of performance assessment and progressive public schools in New York City, Ann Cook and Phyllis Tashlik, who wrote an excellent letter to the editor published today in the New York Times critiquing the recent call for more history testing. Supporters of the idea to implement national standardized history tests (including […]
Archive for May, 2007
Letter to NY Times about history testing
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22 May 2007 |
11:05 |
Education Policy, NYC Education |
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More testing = more value?
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17 May 2007 |
10:19 |
Education Policy |
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There are many damaging assumptions floating around in this standardized high-stakes testing educational atmosphere, including the notions that every child learns at the same rate and in the same way, that tests assess the most important aspects of life and learning, and that education will improve simply by increasing testing. At the beginning of […]
There are many damaging assumptions floating around in this standardized high-stakes testing educational atmosphere, including the notions that every child learns at the same rate and in the same way, that tests assess the most important aspects of life and learning, and that education will improve simply by increasing testing. At the beginning of […]
Learning Centers in England
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14 May 2007 |
8:53 |
Education Policy, International News, Democratic Education |
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As reported today by Richard Garner in The Independent, a local council in Knowsley, England will be transforming its 11 secondary schools into open learning centers by 2009. This is a revolutionary change that holds much significance for the rest of the UK and the world. The centers will be open for longer […]
As reported today by Richard Garner in The Independent, a local council in Knowsley, England will be transforming its 11 secondary schools into open learning centers by 2009. This is a revolutionary change that holds much significance for the rest of the UK and the world. The centers will be open for longer […]