PARCC: A buffet of answers.
PARCC promised us a “next-generation assessment” to help assess whether our children are “college and career ready”. These new super tests must be vastly improved: some of the questions give students six choices instead of the standard four! Here is the full release of new prototypes. Follow Chris Cerrone on twitter: @Stoptesting15
An Alternative to Accountability-Based Education Reform | the becoming radical
During three decades of accountability based on standards and high-stakes testing at the state level and another decade-plus of federal oversight of that accountability, the overwhelming evidence has exposed accountability as a failed network of policies in education reform. Education reform in the U.S. now faces a potential watershed moment in which setting aside accountability and […]
8-20-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: “Honesty is such a lonely word…”: Jeb Bush Lacks CredibilityIt is becoming a disturbing refrain in my head whenever I visit Twitter: Where’s the media? Jeb Bush offers a string of claims, no relevant evidence, and the all-too-usual glossing over of real educational problems in “Toward a Better Education System: A set of bold, proven reforms is the key to raising st