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- Could 'Open Source' Testing Help Resolve the Testing Impasse?
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- By addressing the concerns of both those who want high standards, and those who rightly see serious deficiencies in the tests used by most states, stakeholders could create a test system that benefits students, teachers, and the nation, says Charles Barone. more...
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- States Slow to Embrace Online Testing
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- Many schools and districts are using computer-based testing for local assessments, but employing computers for statewide testing has proven to be difficult. more...
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- Oregon Education Department Ordered to Pay Testing Company
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- The Oregon Department of Education must pay $3.5 million to an online testing company the state sued last year after schools were forced to resort to paper-and-pencil tests. more...
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- Teaching and Testing the Skills That Matter Most
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- Before we can change the admissions criteria for college, we need to be clear about the skills that all high school students need today, says Tony Wagner. more...
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- Remark on Testing Opens a Portfolio of Questions
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- A spokeswoman for Sen. Barack Obama sparked a mini-debate over testing last week when she suggested on a national radio show that the Democratic presidential nominee endorses the use of student portfolios. more...
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- Cheat sheet for parents on testing
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- MEAP, ITBS, CRCT, TAKS. There are scores of acronyms in educational testing, but these four-letter terms stand for far more than No. 2 pencils and pages of tiny circles. more...
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- NAEP Testing Standards
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- In an effort to make National Assessment of Educational Progress tests more meaningful to nonresearchers, federal researchers have published a report that shows how scores on NAEP might translate to real-life outcomes for students. more...
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- Texas Scales Back Field Testing
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- Teachers complain that the rough-draft exams take up too much class time. more...
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- Plan Would Codify Several Rules Adopted To Ease Testing of Students With Disabilities
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- Special education advocacy groups offered a mixed assessment of the effect a draft proposal for reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act would have on students with disabilities. more...
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- Some fear dilution of testing mandate
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- Grasmick proposed graduation option A day after state Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick proposed giving students an alternative to passing high school graduation tests more...
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