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Let's Mend, Not End, Educational Testing - Education Week - 0 views

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The Common Core State Standards and accompanying K-12 assessments have recently sparked a fierce national backlash against testing. Sound educational testing and assessment are integral to good teaching and learning in classrooms and necessary for evaluating school performance and assuring quality in education. Rather than throw the baby out with the bathwater, I propose a more considered, "mend, not end" approach to testing, assessment, and accountability in America's schools, with validity at the forefront of the conversation.
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Mending begins with understanding that most commercial standardized tests are designed to serve particular purposes well, for particular populations, and can support only particular decisions at best. To uphold validity principles in practice, it is worthwhile to ask: Are we using the test for the originally intended purpose, or for another purpose that taxes the tool beyond its technical limits? Multi-purposing a test indiscriminately is not a good idea from a validity standpoint, despite its efficiency.
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This site provides a space for you to share your observations of the new breed of standardized tests. What works? What doesn't? Whether your district is piloting PARCC, Smarter Balanced, or its own test, we want to pass the microphone to you, the people closest to the students being tested. The world needs to hear your stories, insights, and suggestions. Our goal is collective accountability and responsiveness through a national, online conversation.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This site provides a space for you to share your observations of the new breed of standardized tests. What works? What doesn't? Whether your district is piloting PARCC, Smarter Balanced, or its own test, we want to pass the microphone to you, the people closest to the students being tested. The world needs to hear your stories, insights, and suggestions. Our goal is collective accountability and responsiveness through a national, online conversation.</div>

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Testing Writing: What to Expect From the Next Generation Assessments WATcasts - 0 views

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Testing Writing: What to Expect From the Next Generation Assessments

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Teachers Learn to Judge Formative-Testing Tools - Education Week - 0 views

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Many teachers who attended the training knew only about Smarter Balanced's year-end tests; the interim and formative tools came as a surprise.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Many teachers who attended the training knew only about Smarter Balanced's year-end tests; the interim and formative tools came as a surprise.</div>

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NEA Pushes Legislation to Reduce Testing - Politics K-12 - Education Week - 0 views

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NEA Pushes Legislation to Reduce Testing

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Field-Testing of Common-Core Exams Gets Off to Shaky Start at Md. High School - Curricu... - 0 views

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At Thomas S. Wootton High School, teachers and administrators seem to be in agreement that field-testing for the common-core assessments is off to a bumpy start.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">At Thomas S. Wootton High School, teachers and administrators seem to be in agreement that field-testing for the common-core assessments is off to a bumpy start.</div>

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Testing to, and Beyond, the Common Core | Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Edu... - 1 views

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Educational Leadership:Strengthening Student Engagement:Engaging Students: What I Learn... - 0 views

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Low grades on tests do not necessarily mean that students haven't studied. Some students may have been confused when the material was covered in class. Incomplete homework isn't always a sign that students don't care.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Low grades on tests do not necessarily mean that students haven't studied. Some students may have been confused when the material was covered in class. Incomplete homework isn't always a sign that students don't care.</div>

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Educational Leadership:What Students Need to Learn:High-Stakes Testing Narrows the Curr... - 0 views

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"Are science, social studies, the arts, and physical education really disappearing from elementary schools? Are critical thinking and deep reading of literature fading from the high school curriculum?"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Are science, social studies, the arts, and physical education really disappearing from elementary schools? Are critical thinking and deep reading of literature fading from the high school curriculum?"</div>

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Common Core's impact on teacher evaluations needs to be "addressed," Cuomo says - 0 views

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"We have to deal with the issue of the effect of Common Core testing on teacher evaluations," Cuomo said at a news conference Tuesday.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"We have to deal with the issue of the effect of Common Core testing on teacher evaluations," Cuomo said at a news conference Tuesday.</div>

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Teaching Students to Embrace Mistakes | Edutopia - 0 views

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You spend a huge part of your life grading tests, commenting on essays, and providing thoughtful feedback on homework assignments . . . only to have them wadded up and ignored.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">You spend a huge part of your life grading tests, commenting on essays, and providing thoughtful feedback on homework assignments . . . only to have them wadded up and ignored. </div>

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PARCC Field Test Begins Today -- THE Journal - 0 views

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How did it go for NJ students & PARCC?

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College Board SAT Partnership | Khan Academy - 0 views

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The partnership between Khan Academy and the College Board directly addresses one of the greatest inequities around college entrance exams: the culture of high-priced test preparation. Now, for the first time, all students have the opportunity to practice for the SAT with completely free, best-in-class materials

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The partnership between Khan Academy and the College Board directly addresses one of the greatest inequities around college entrance exams: the culture of high-priced test preparation. Now, for the first time, all students have the opportunity to practice for the SAT with completely free, best-in-class materials</div>

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Testing info from 1995 to present

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Active learning system made by Harvard leads to gains - eCampus News | eCampus News - 2 views

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active-learning-harvard Some students at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill have been improving their test scores by more than 3 percentage points on average in the past year, and it's largely the result of a Harvard-created software that emphasizes active learning. The software, which is called Learning Catalytics, was implemented by Professor Kelly Hogan, the Director of Instructional Innovation for the College of Arts and Sciences and the Senior Lecturer in the Biology Department, in her non-majors Biology class in the fall of 2013."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"> active-learning-harvard Some students at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill have been improving their test scores by more than 3 percentage points on average in the past year, and it's largely the result of a Harvard-created software that emphasizes active learning. The software, which is called Learning Catalytics, was implemented by Professor Kelly Hogan, the Director of Instructional Innovation for the College of Arts and Sciences and the Senior Lecturer in the Biology Department, in her non-majors Biology class in the fall of 2013."</div>

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þffThe Montclair Fund for Educational Excellence (MFEE) is a non-profit local education fund founded in 1991 to generate private funding and community support for Montclair Public Schools and to enhance the educational experience of all of Montclair’s public school students.
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Lois Whipple on 08 Mar 14

The Montclair Fund for Educational Excellence (MFEE) is a non-profit local education fund founded in 1991 to generate private funding and community support for Montclair Public Schools and to enhance the educational experience of all of Montclair's public school students

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TestingTalk.org Launches National Discussion About Common Core Tests - Living in Dialog... - 0 views

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And we keep talking about it

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When Students "Fail" Should They be Allowed Do-overs? | Center for Teaching - 0 views

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"How Re-Dos and Corrections Can Improve Your Teaching?" Parameters for how teachers could go about incorporating test corrections into their teaching.

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Adriana Coppola on 26 Mar 14

When Students "Fail" Should They be Allowed Do-overs?

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Gina Cinotti on 28 Mar 14

But they won't get a do-over in PARCC......

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Staff Morale in the Middle - Whole Child Education - 0 views

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