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Another testing scandal: charter propaganda on the test

Today, with some help from me, Chicago Sun-Times education reporter Rosalind Rossi exposes yet another standardized testing scandal, this one on a...
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PSAT for 12-6-11: Principals, Unite!

  • value-added test scores
  • December 6, 2011
Last night we watched a charming movie, “Amreeka,” about a Palestinian mom and her son who emigrate to Illinois the same week the US...
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Arne Duncan "reforms" increased black-white achievement gap

The Consortium on Chicago School Research has found that Chicago school leaders’ boasts of “dramatic” improvements in our schools...
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Teachers plan march on Washington

Erik W. Roblean writes in the Education Week article, Frustrated Educators Aim to Build Grassroots Movement about the upcoming teachers march on...
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Is testing teaching (or learning)? Teachers, parents and students say no.

Last month, Florida's House of Representatives passed HB 7019, the House companion bill of SB 736, called the "Student Success Act."...
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LEAP testing help from NOPS

Parents, if you are not aware, the mandatory state iLeap testing is coming up soon. To receive help in homework and iLeap preparation, students...
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Body mass indexes and standardized tests

In a world of high-stakes measures, this one really takes the cake.Until this week, an elementary school in Elmhurst, Illinois, has been using...
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PURE files federal discrimination complaint against CPS promotion policy

Today, PURE filed a discrimination complaint against the Chicago Public Schools with the U. S. Department of Education's Office for Civil...
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Current methodologies for measuring teacher-effectiveness

Exploring alternative methods to determine compensation and employment factors of educators should be immediately acted upon. The incentive grants...
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How high-stakes testing is the perfect assessment tool (not)

Here's what a teacher friend tells me:A fellow teacher who is new in my friend's diverse, low-income school comes from a background teaching middle...
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