Staff at both schools will collect 10- to 15-percent pay hikes based on this year's scores, money that goes away next year. The raises, paid for by county commissioners eager to see kids succeed at low-performing schools, illustrate the rewards and penalties that can hang on test scores.
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Doug Johnson Website - dougwri - Plagiarism-Proofing Assignments - 0 views
U.S. Plans Major Changes in How Students Are Tested - NYTimes.com - 9 views
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This article describes a national initiative to overhaul the design of our current standardized testing system.
The Differentiator - 21 views
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Build your objectives using Revised Bloom's Taxonomy.
CMS Test results invite scrutiny - CharlotteObserver.com - 0 views
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In 2006, a principal split Garinger into five academies with specialized themes. The New Technology school emerged strong, but the rest of the campus struggled.
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She was convinced the dismal pass rate could change but believed many needed stronger skills to pass exams. “We really had to put the brakes on things,” she said. That meant letting strong students go straight into the EOC classes. But weaker ones took a semester or more of preparatory classes designed to boost their reading, math or science skills.
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Triptico | e-Learning Design and Training - 2 views
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Site is difficult to navigate, but there's IWB resources to be found if you're patient.
A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods - 14 views
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Seems like an important concept to add to a lesson/unit on taking notes
Online File and Photo Sharing | Image Hosting | YUDU - 2 views
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A great publication tool. Similar to Issuu
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SpeEdChange: The Big Lies (Part Two) - 9 views
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Why is a second grader "comparing and contrasting"? Because the Common Core is designed to preserve education as a self-contained hazing ritual for wealth and power maintenance. From the start we are preparing students to write the worthless five paragraph essay, so that those who comply best succeed best.
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It is, of course, within those "extras" that the human spirit lies. Why learn to read if you cannot read about the things which matter most to you? Why learn to write if you can not write a song? Why learn to count if you do not appreciate the value of what you are counting?
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The reason we must abandon "core subjects" and embrace Passion-Based Learning is that today we give students absolutely no reason to learn anything. We have turned school into a series of chores with no purpose. Eight-year-olds hate books and reading because they've spent three years drilling in decoding - literacy is pointless effort, not a path to passions. Sixteen-year-olds hate mathematics because they've spent eleven years drilling with numbers, x-s and y-s - maths are totally irrelevant, not a link to a magical world of real and virtual construction.
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Tell it, brother!
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Now I wish to share my knowledge with other potential gem lovers and buyers of beautiful jewellery. I truly love what I do and I bring my heart and soul to every piece I work on.
Top Jeweler Designer is a Kyle Tavares - 0 views
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After sourcing her pink diamond in Antwerp and setting her sparkling gem in platinum in London's Hatton Garden - I was hooked. I felt in love with the whole process.
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