Dear Candidates for Georgia School Superintendent, Today, I want to challenge you to not only oppose Georgia's adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), but also the use of high-stakes tests such as the CRCT. In this post, I'll offer some facts you can use...
According to an Education Week article by Sean Cavanagh, Pearson won a the major contract with PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) to develop test items, delivery of paper-and-pencil and computerized test forms, reporting of the...
It seems as if one Georgia couple says yes. In Marietta, a Georgia a couple has refused to allow their children at the West Side Elementary school to take the high-stakes Criterion Referenced Competency Test (CRCT). These parents informed the school's principal...
Latest Story Mercedes Schneider, on her EduBlog, wrote several articles documenting a growing movement against the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) by describing legislative action, and citizen protests in 23 states. I've used her observations to create a map...
Latest Story Last week, a new mayor was elected in New York, Atlanta reelected its mayor, and elected a new slate of members to the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Board of Eduction. What can we learn from the elections in these two cities? Will education in New York...
We're spending a lot of money to find great teachers in Georgia. Admittedly, Georgia isn't the only state where this is happening. Thanks to the Race to the Top Fund, the race is on to implement a system to score teachers based on pre-post test scores....
