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Sunday, August 11, 2013

8-11-13 SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE

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First NCTQ and now CAEP: Nightmares for Teacher Education.
I have posted about NCATE and the CAEP a few times.  But here it is: The new standards, finalized by the CAEP Commission on Standards and Performance Reporting in June after a public comment period, contain controversial new requirements such as minimum program-entry standards and consideration of graduates’ performance in the classroom, including value-added data and any […]
  
8-10-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: New NY Scores Prompt Increased Interest in Opting Out of Next State TestsReblogged from Diane Ravitch's blog: Long Island's Newsday has a story about growing interest by parents in opting out of state testing. It says that the terrible scores will increase the number of parents who don't let the schools test their children. William Johnson, the superintendent of Ro
All Week 8-10-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: All Week 8-10-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTERYESTERDAYInnocence or Guilt?: Looking Beyond the Individual | the becoming radicalHow does Bernhard Schlink’s The Reader inform the many scandals in the education reform era? READ: Innocence or Guilt?: Looking Beyond the Individual | the becoming radical.by plthomasedd / 23h State Assessment Results: "It J