Category: High-Stakes Testing
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The education community is buzzing about Florida’s new Classic Learning Test (CLT) college entrance exam, a significant departure from traditional standardized tests like the SAT and ACT. But what many may not realize is the loaded political and ideological baggage that accompanies this shift to a “classical” exam. I weighed in this week and offered…
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Here are some points about administering testing this year from Brandy Alexander, a Texas testing coordinator and one of my former graduate students at UT-Austin. Here’s what she had to say about the difficult of high-stakes testing in the midst of a pandemic. We just met this morning to lay some ground plans for first…
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Register now – National Town Hall on Suspending High Stakes Student Testing on 1/26 at 6 p.m. EST w/ Congressman Jamaal Bowman , Dean Julian Vasquez Heilig , Professor Jack Schneider and many more. MC’d by Bob Schaeffer of FairTest and @ilana4regent – register for free here. See all of Cloaking Inequity posts about high-stakes…
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The Total Neoliberal Misrepresentation of the Recent History of Indianapolis K12 Education
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Is a total neoliberal misrepresentation coming to K12 Education in a public district near you? A recent article in the pro-charter, pro-neoliberal “magazine,” called Education Next, is a thorough misrepresentation of the recent history of Indianapolis K12 education (see the article at https://www.educationnext.org/hoosier-way-good-choices-for-all-indianapolis/). I know because, as a university professor and a community activist, I…
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A new piece posted yesterday on the NPR website entitled Advocates Continue Push to Lessen Importance of Standardized Tests in Texas. Morgan Kilgo reports, The debate over the proper role of standard tests in evaluating student performance has been going strong in Texas, and around the nation, during the past decade. State Rep. Brooks Landgraf…
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