Posts Tagged with ‘high-stakes testing’
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Triumph Of The Computer Nerd
22 Sep 2014Once upon a time computer nerds were stored in the basement, sometimes in the garage or in a forgotten meeting…
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Standardized Tests Are The Tail Of Education: they never could wag this puppy, and they shouldn’t try
08 Sep 2014As a young adult, which was by now many, many moons ago, I was drawn – goaded, really – into…
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A Parable For The Common Core
02 Jun 2014Once upon a time “Mary” grew older. Approaching the age of 16, it became legally permissible for her to drive…
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Too Much Change, Too Fast: Leaving Everyone Behind
27 Jan 2014As a parent I am overwhelmed by all the new education changes flying toward us, straight in the face: ‘NEW! …
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I’m Thankful For Canada’s Health System
30 Nov 2013Four years ago I was unable to afford this week’s great joy in cooking a special meal for family and…
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Scarecrows Countering Common Core
27 Nov 2013We seem to be caught up in a national hysteria that confuses association with cause. Everywhere there is talk of…
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A Nation of Impatient, Overactive Guardians, Filling Our Charges with a Lifetime of Anxiety
26 Aug 2013“They need to do this much homework now because it’s coming in Middle School; they have to get ready”!!! This…
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Shifting myths
01 May 2013Here’s another little story I swallowed whole growing up. That we here in America were different from those across the…
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A parent’s vignette of the CST from child-level:
17 Apr 2013Two minutes late for the appointed retrieval time, I receive a frantic phone call from the middle-schooler. By the time…
