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A new way to rate L.A. Unified's teachers
What kind of process for evaluating teachers can possibly be devised by a determinedly reform-minded administration, a stubborn union and plaintiffs in a hostile lawsuit? As it turns out, a better kind than they've had up to now. A tentative agreement...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Los Angeles Unified School District, School Examinations, Teachers
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Shanksville students' SAT scores among top 10 percent in the state
Daily American Staff WriterShanksville-Stonycreek High School students were the highest ranked for average 2012 SAT scores in Somerset County. The 17 Shanksville students who took the college entrance exams scored on average 520 in the verbal portion of the test, 549 in...Tags: Executive Branch, Teaching and Learning, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Science and Technology, Government
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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, Baltimore School for the Arts, Racism, Social Issues, Students
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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, Minority Groups, Education, School Examinations, Arts and Culture
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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: Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Barack Obama, Elections, Jeb Bush, Politics
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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: Waste Management Incorporated, Teaching and Learning, Standardized Testing, Education, Science and Technology
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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, Schools, High Schools, Education, Human Interest
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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, Separation of Church and State, Science and Technology, Mary Pat Clarke, Prosecution
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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...
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