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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... -
FCAT mania: Evaluating to the test irks teachers
How absurd is Florida's new teacher evaluation system, which rates teacher effectiveness based on student standardized test results? In at least two cases, a school's "Teacher of the Year" has been given a subpar rating, threatening their jobs. Alachua...Tags: Students, Academic Progress, School Examinations, Teaching and Learning, Alachua County
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Student test scores can identify effective teachers, new study says
L.A. NOWStudent standardized test scores can accurately identify effective teachers, along with other performance measures such as classroom observations and pupil surveys, according to a major national study released Tuesday. The study of 3,000 teachers in seven... -
West Orange DE Winston Chastang decommits Navy, looks for new offers
When West Orange teammate Nate Ozdemir committed to the Naval Academy last month, Winston Chastang was elated that his best friend would be joining him at Annapolis, Md. The 6-foot-3, 225-pound defensive end did not know then, however, that a...
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Los Angeles teachers union approves use of testing data in evaluations
L.A. NOWA landmark agreement to use student test scores for the first time to evaluate Los Angeles Unified instructors was approved by the teachers union Saturday.... -
Evaluation agreement clears union hurdle; teachers endorse Zimmer
L.A. NOWThe governing body of the Los Angeles teachers union has endorsed a tentative agreement on teacher evaluations that incorporates the results of student standardized test scores. The approval was a key hurdle but rank-and-file members will have the final... -
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: Science, Mary Pat Clarke, Students, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning
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Teacher evaluation bill might not pass muster with feds, official says
L.A. NOWA teacher evaluations bill under consideration by the state Legislature won't necessarily bring extra federal dollars to California, the top U.S. education official said. The bill has been debated in the Assembly and is expected to go to the state... -
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...... -
Merced teachers union backs controversial federal grant proposal
L.A. NOWA Merced teachers union has voted to back a controversial federal grant program, but only after extracting district guarantees that student test scores would not be used to evaluate individual instructors. Sheila Whitley, president of the Merced Union... -
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...... -
California students continue gains on test scores
L.A. NOWCalifornia students continued making strides on standardized English and math tests based on results released Friday, but fewer than half of the students in Los Angeles are performing at grade level. In all, 57% of California students scored as “...
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