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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

3-5-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week

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3 Principles That Should Guide Testing in the Public Schools

Three Principles That Should Guide Testing in Public Schools ( to be presented at PS 8 Testing Forum in Brooklyn)1. Test Transparency. No tests should be given which do not guide instruction. All tests must be returned to teachers and parents after they are taken so their results can be reviewed with those who have taken them2. No Data Sharing: Not test results should ever be sold to private vendo
3-4-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week
With A Brooklyn Accent: My "Aha" Moment at the NPE Conference in Austin.There were many great presentations at the Network for Public Education Conference in Austin, but the piece of information that made the biggest impression on me was about something I should have already known about- The New York State ELA and Math tests in grades 3-8. And here it is ( I don't remember who said it) T