Standards, Testing, and Accountability
The Case for Kindergarten Tests
Starting NAEP in 4th grade is much too late
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
“The Only Way We’ll Have Economic Development in Some Parts of the World Is to Improve the Schools”
Yidan Prize winner Eric Hanushek on human capital
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
A Test for the Test Makers
College Board and ACT move to grow and diversify as the pandemic fuels test-optional admissions trend
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
What I Learned in 23 Years Ranking America’s Most Challenging High Schools
Most students are capable of much more learning than they are asked to do
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
States Grapple with Standardized Testing during Pandemic
“Teaching without testing is talking”
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Exam-School Admissions Come Under Pressure amid Pandemic
Efforts to change selective admissions policies fuel parent activism
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Statewide Assessments in 2021
An essential lens or a fruitless imposition?
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
The New Accountability Assignment
Post-Covid, judge schools based on what they ask students to read, write, and do, in addition to how much students learn.
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
“No Excuses High,” Trapped by Its Own Success?
Highly regimented charter schools deliver the test results, but their methods may be ill-suited to the independent realities of college life.
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Should State Universities Downplay the SAT?
The merits and drawbacks of “test-optional” admissions
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To Teach Better Writing, Don’t Ban Artificial Intelligence. Instead, Embrace it.
By inviting ChatGPT into the classroom instead of locking it out, schools can push students toward independent thinking in a way that doesn’t signal mistrust.
Social-Emotional Learning: “No One Is Fooled”
Why not just talk about “respect” or “responsibility”?
Don’t Ruin College by Making It Free
Threats to quality and innovation outweigh benefit of increased access.
The Stubborn Myth of “Learning Styles”
State teacher-license prep materials peddle a debunked theory
How Family Background Influences Student Achievement
Can schools narrow the gap?
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To Teach Better Writing, Don’t Ban Artificial Intelligence. Instead, Embrace it.
By inviting ChatGPT into the classroom instead of locking it out, schools can push students toward independent thinking in a way that doesn’t signal mistrust.
Social-Emotional Learning: “No One Is Fooled”
Why not just talk about “respect” or “responsibility”?
Don’t Ruin College by Making It Free
Threats to quality and innovation outweigh benefit of increased access.
The Stubborn Myth of “Learning Styles”
State teacher-license prep materials peddle a debunked theory
How Family Background Influences Student Achievement
Can schools narrow the gap?
