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New ISAT standards increase pressure on schools
The number of students who meet or exceed standards imposed by state testing is expected to decrease in Oak Park, River Forest and many other areas in the region and state this year as school districts are adjusting to more stringent testing standards...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, River Forest, Oak Park, Science and Technology
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New standards mean fewer passing ISAT scores in Downers Grove schools
Some Downers Grove elementary school students could see a significant dip in their performance on standardized tests this year, a byproduct of a more difficult state exam and higher passing requirements for 2013. The higher demands come as Illinois...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Washington, DC, School Examinations, Science and Technology
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Make teacher evaluations fair
There has been much recent debate about Race to the Top (RTTT) and its efficacy in improving K-12 education. RTTT was a competitive federal grant that challenged states to pursue innovative reforms on a rapid timeline from 2010 through 2014. The reforms...
Tags: Howard County, Teaching and Learning, Students, Teachers
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Special Report: Class struggle - How charter schools get students they want
ReutersGetting in can be grueling. Students may be asked to submit a 15-page typed research paper, an original short story, or a handwritten essay on the historical figure they would most like to meet. There are interviews. Exams. And pages of questions for...Tags: Family, Washington, DC, Human Interest, Interior Policy, Colleges and Universities
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Screening Kids For Mental Health Critical
The Hartford CourantThe shootings in Newtown, Chicago and other communities raised concerns about mental health relative to those committing such crimes, but the discussion has missed a critically important point. Screening for early warning signs and providing accessible...Tags: Family, Medicaid, Government Health Care, Health and Safety at School, Human Interest
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Md. is flagged for Race to the Top delays
The Baltimore SunMaryland is among three states flagged by the U.S. Department of Education for significant delays in implementing federal Race to the Top programs in the last two years, namely in overhauling its evaluation system to tie educator effectiveness to...Tags: Washington, DC, Arne Duncan, U.S. Department of Education, Science and Technology, Barack Obama
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Imaginative Mayor Made New Haven Better
New Haven was struggling in the early 1990s. Schools were decrepit. Downtown was moribund, with litter wafting past empty storefronts. It looked like another once-bustling urban core that was dying of disinvestment, suburbanization, racism, lack of...Tags: John DeStefano, Gun Control, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Interior Policy, Teachers
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Deasy orders test scores to count for 30% of teachers' evaluations
L.A. NOWL.A. schools Supt. John Deasy announced Friday that 30% of a teacher’s evaluation will be based on student standardized test scores, setting off another round of contention in the nation’s second-largest school system just weeks before a... -
Anti-LAPD graffiti likely inspired by Dorner, police say
L.A. NOWA tagger who spray-painted an expletive about the LAPD across a wall in El Monte probably was inspired by Christopher Dorner, the fugitive who died in a gun battle, police said Friday.... -
Fl’s value-added model has “leveled the playing field,” DOE says
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelSince ushered in by a new law nearly two years ago, Florida's new teacher evaluations have prompted lots of complaints, worries and arguments. Recently, even Gov. Rick Scott and Republican lawmakers — who signed and voted for the law — have... -
Anxiety grows as CPS releases preliminary school closings list
Tribune reportersAfter trimming the number of schools that could be closed to 129, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's school administration has entered the latest and what is likely to be the most intense phase so far in trying to determine which schools should be shut. Chicago Public...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Proco Joe Moreno, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Police Department, Students
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Teacher evaluations: DOE moves to set standards for test-score data (the valued-added or VAM piece)
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelFlorida's new, complicated teacher evaluation system crunches student test-score data (using a so-called value-added model, dubbed VAM) to help determine teacher quality. It is a required part of the 2011 teacher merit pay law passed by the Florida...
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