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Connecting test scores to teacher evaluations: Why not? | Dangerously Irrelevant - 0 views

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  • Ron King on 29 Apr 13
     
    Mike Wiser at The Quad-City Times reported today on the controversy here in Iowa around connecting student test scores to teacher evaluations (aka 'value-added modeling' or 'VAM'). Last week I shared the research and prevailing opinion of scholars supporting why this should not be done.
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The real reason why the US is falling behind in math - Opinion - The Boston Globe - 0 views

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shared by Ron King on 18 Feb 15 - No Cached
  • Ron King on 18 Feb 15
     
    If my seatmate on an airplane asks me what I do for a living, I tell the truth: I'm a mathematician. This generally triggers one of two responses. Either I'm told that I must be brilliant . . . or I hear about the person's inability to balance a checkbook. The truth is, I'm not brilliant, just persistent, and I hate balancing my checkbook. Both responses, however, point to a fundamental misunderstanding about what mathematics is supposed to do and its current - and unfortunate - trajectory in American education.
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Learning Myths And Realities From Brain Science : NPR Ed : NPR - 0 views

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  • The idea that individuals have different learning styles, such as auditory or kinesthetic, is a pernicious myth. Boser compares it to the flat-earth myth — highly intuitive, but wrong.
  • Almost 90 percent of respondents agreed that simply re-reading material is "highly effective" for learning. Research suggests the opposite.
  • On the topic of "growth mindset," more than one-quarter of respondents believed intelligence is "fixed at birth". Neuroscience says otherwise.
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  • Nearly 60 percent argued that quizzes are not an effective way to gain new skills and knowledge. In fact, quizzing yourself on something you've just read is a great example of active learning, the best way to learn.
  • More than 40 percent of respondents believed that teachers don't need to know a subject area such as math or science, as long as they have good instructional skills. In fact, research shows that deep subject matter expertise is a key element in helping teachers excel.
  • "Parents' opinions are important, but teaching is a real craft," Boser says. "A lot of science goes into it. And we need to do more to respect that."
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Can't We Do Better? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Ron King on 09 Dec 13
     
    THE latest results in the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, which compare how well 15-year-olds in 65 cities and countries can apply math, science and reading skills to solve real-world problems were released last week, and it wasn't pretty for the home team. Andreas Schleicher, who manages PISA, told the Department of Education: "Three years ago, I came here with a special report benchmarking the U.S. against some of the best performing and rapidly improving education systems. Most of them have pulled further ahead, whether it is Brazil that advanced from the bottom, Germany and Poland that moved from adequate to good, or Shanghai and Singapore that moved from good to great. The math results of top-performer Shanghai are now two-and-a-half school years ahead even of those in Massachusetts - itself a leader within the U.S."
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Waiting for a School Miracle - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Troy Patterson on 02 Jun 11
     
    To prove that poverty doesn't matter, political leaders point to schools that have achieved stunning results in only a few years despite the poverty around them. But the accounts of miracle schools demand closer scrutiny. Usually, they are the result of statistical legerdemain.
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Technology is Still the Wrong Answer, In My Humble Opinion : 2¢ Worth - 0 views

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shared by Troy Patterson on 15 May 11 - No Cached
  • but what impressed me was things that I saw here that I didn’t know about — how classroom teachers and their tech facilitators are playing with emerging technologies — and I use the term play with the most respectful and admiring intent
  • I honestly believe that these educators are seeking new ways to use new information and communication (literacy) technologies in teaching and learning for the very best reasons.
  • I continue to maintain that the little box is not what engages them. it is what happens through that box. It is the information experience that…
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Poor kids who do everything right don't do better than rich kids who do everything wron... - 0 views

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shared by Troy Patterson on 19 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • America is the land of opportunity, just for some more than others.
  • it's not just a matter of dollars and cents. It's also a matter of letters and words. Affluent parents talk to their kids three more hours a week on average than poor parents, which is critical during a child's formative early years.
  • Even poor kids who do everything right don't do much better than rich kids who do everything wrong. Advantages and disadvantages, in other words, tend to perpetuate themselves.
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  • Specifically, rich high school dropouts remain in the top about as much as poor college grads stay stuck in the bottom — 14 versus 16 percent, respectively.
  • It's an extreme example of what economists call "opportunity hoarding."
  • It's not quite a heads-I-win, tails-you-lose game where rich kids get better educations, yet still get ahead even if they don't—but it's close enough.
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