The headline in Thursday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution was "Parents push back on required testing." Could the movement to Opt Out of high-stakes testing be the third strike against using high stakes testing to rate teachers? In an earlier post, two studies were...
The Atlanta Public Schools (APS) hired a new superintendent, Dr. Meria Carstarphen, who formerly was superintendent of the Austin Independent School District (AISD). Dr. Carstarphen is bringing five administrators who worked for her in Austin. These people will form...
Latest Story In an earlier post, I challenged candidates for state school superintendent to oppose the Common Core State Standards. Today, I am writing to candidates for Governor and State School Superintendent of Georgia to oppose High-Stakes testing. If they...
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...
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has established a single variable as the way to reward and punish schools, teachers, students and their parents. The fact that I have used the terms "rewards" and punishments" is evidence enough that the ED is stuck in 19th...
