Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Yes, Learning Standards Are Arbitrary. Yes, Learning Loss Is Real.
Children need to know how to read, and fewer of them are currently reading as well as they otherwise would be. That demands our attention, not our platitudes.
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Tennessee Meets Pandemic with Summer Learning Camps, Phonics, Testing
Covid education package emerges from special legislative session
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Five Intuitions to Guide Assessment in 2021 and After
Parental choice is a form of accountability, too.
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Covid and Student Achievement: Early Evidence from Ohio’s Fall Tests
The decline equates to about one third of a year’s worth of learning, and it was worse among students whose districts started the year with fully remote instruction.
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Pandemic Offers Opportunity to Reduce Standardized Testing
Start by ending the practice of giving annual tests to all kids in most grades
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Reading Suffered Less Than Expected During Pandemic, New Fall 2020 Student Data Show
Math scores did dip, though missing data make conclusions hard to draw
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Treat NAEP as a Reality Check, Not an Advocacy Exercise
Recent efforts to overhaul NAEP's reading framework are deeply troubling.
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Combination of Limited College Admission Testing and “Test-Optional” Policies Set off a Scramble
The Covid-era mix is shaping up as a worst-case scenario from an equity perspective.
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
AP Classes Move to YouTube with Unannounced Celebrity Guests
Trevor Packer, head of the Advanced Placement Program at the College Board, on offering tests and education amid the Coronavirus crisis.
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
On Education, Bloomberg Candidacy Would Be Game-Changing
“Too many politicians are afraid.” Not Mayor Bloomberg.
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At least twenty states have passed or are considering measures related to the science of reading.
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Family would lose $409 a month in Pandemic-EBT benefits by moving 3 children to in-person from remote
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Can schools narrow the gap?
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