California Standards Test :: High Stakes Assessment
Stress sets in this week of the California Standards Test. I awoke before the dawn to do some cleaning and record a podcast about it.
My Article: “Public Schools’ Annual Review” Published on Associated Content
Check out my recently published content on AC:
Public Schools’ Annual Review
In this article I confront the state test as assessment for public school students and teachers. From the opinion of a teacher I challenge the notion of whether it can be an effective catch-all for our problems in education. I hope you’ll read it and [...]Why a Countdown?
If you haven’t seen Morgan Freeman in “Lean on Me” you need to rush out today and rent it or click on Netflix. It has a countdown in it to a Standards test for a low income/low performing high school.
While I am proud to say that our school for some time now is no [...]No Childhood Left Behind?
(This is a continuation of a previous blog)
Out here in California, the minions of teachers are skitterring and cramming for the California Standards Test April 30th.
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has produced an arena where teachers are pressured to make kids score 75% or higher on this annual standardized test. The standards that comprise [...]
