I am republishing a post that I made in October in which I discussed the U.S. Department of Education program, The Race to the Top Fund. Each state can choose to submit ONE application, and that application is due in Washington on January 19, 2010. You can go to the...
I have been reading and have referenced on this weblog the October 2009 special issue of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching (JRST) on the topic/theme "Scientific Literacy and Contexts in PISA Science." The articles in the special issue provide a broad view...
There is a clear mandate to build "data systems that measure student success and inform teachers and principals how they can improve their practices." This is one of the "reform areas" in the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top Fund. A second area of reform...
In the last post, I referenced a recent special issue of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching which was devoted to an exploration of scientific literacy and context in PISA Science. PISA (The Programme for International Student Assessment) is one of two (the...
Long title, sorry. But, Volume 46, Issue 8 (October 2009) of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching was devoted to Scientific Literacy and Context in PISA Science. The entire issue was devoted to this theme. In one of the articles in this volume (Scientific...
For some reason I have become obsessed with reading about The Race to the Top, and how the present U.S. Department of Education will use these funds to reform education. As with large scale efforts such as this one, achievement testing has become a central aspect of...
