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Ivy League test scores, for those who can afford them
Americans think we live in a meritocracy where hard work can take you from rags to riches. Access to a great education can be an escape from the cyclical poverty found in Baltimore and other major cites. Attending an elite university is particularly...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Columbia University, Students, Baltimore School for the Arts, Social Issues
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Standardized tests have their uses in college admissions
Op-ed contributor Carlene Buccino's argument against the objectivity of SAT scores is compelling but flawed ("The best test scores money can buy," Dec. 13). There is a robust literature that supports the use of SAT scores in the admissions process....Tags: Teaching and Learning, School Examinations, Students, Education, Minority Groups
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Florida's new formula for rating teachers makes Einstein's theory look simple
How can teacher greatness be measured? In Florida, by a formula that makes Einstein's Theory of Relativity look like child's play. "It looks like hieroglyphics," said Debra Wilhelm, president of the Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association....
Tags: Politics, School Examinations, Teachers, Arne Duncan, Palm Beach County
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Surviving the GRE
Our Town CorrespondentI took my GRE last week, but I think it's safer to say that the GRE took me. Standardized Testing and I do not get along well. If I'm the protagonist, Standardized Testing is the antagonist. If I'm dry socks, Standardized Testing is a puddle. If I'm...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Waste Management Incorporated, Education, Science and Technology, Standardized Testing
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Test scores show how west DuPage schools rank
Every spring, students in certain grades throughout Illinois take standardized tests to determine how many "meet or exceed" academic standards. For students in grades three through eight, that test is the Illinois Standard Achievement Test, or the ISAT....
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Human Interest, School Examinations, Students, High Schools
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Liberty and Freedom National Merit Scholars
Valley 610Each year, students across America take the PSAT as a practice run for the SAT, the all-important standardized test most colleges and universiites use to evaluate student potential. Each year, the College Board,creator of the PSAT and SAT, ranks scores as... -
Documents show that system ignored flawed information in cheating investigation
When Baltimore City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke visited Abbottston Elementary after news broke that the school had cheated on state testing for students in 2009, she despaired because she never believed Principal Angela Faltz, whom she had known for...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Mary Pat Clarke, Separation of Church and State, Students, Science
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More California students pass mandatory high school exit exam
L.A. NOWCalifornia students in the class of 2012 improved their pass rate on the state high school exit exam for the sixth year in a row, with 95% demonstrating the required skills in reading, writing and math, state Supt. of Public...... -
Lawmaker withdraws teacher evaluation bill
PolitiCalA state lawmaker on Thursday shelved a controversial bill to overhaul teacher evaluations in California, saying he had run out of time in the final week of the legislative session to give the proposal a full airing. Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes...... -
Schools caught cheating on standardized tests [Google+ hangout]
L.A. NOWTimes education reporter Howard Blume will join city editor Shelby Grad at 1:30 p.m. for a Google+ hangout about schools the state stripped of their Academic Performance Index ratings for cheating on standardized tests. Some teachers may have thought... -
California students continue gains on test scores
L.A. NOWCalifornia students continued making strides on standardized English and math tests based on results released Friday, but fewer than half of the students in Los Angeles are performing at grade level. In all, 57% of California students scored as “... -
Why teachers have test anxiety, too
Change of SubjectThe statement of the obvious: Bad teachers are afraid of being evaluated based on how well their students perform on standardized tests. When they fail their students, their students fail them. The question: But why are so many presumptively good......
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