Testing and Accountability

Updated: May 7, 2008  Despite the encouraging progress, students in the state-run Recovery School District remain academically troubled, especially in high school.
Updated: May 6, 2008  The statistician who pioneered the use of “value added” research techniques is disputing a critique of his approach that was published recently in a prominent academic journal.
Updated: May 6, 2008  The $1 billion-a-year program has had no measurable effect on students’ reading comprehension, on average, a major federal report finds.
April 30, 2008, AP  A Texas company agrees to pay $1 million for its use of SAT and PSAT practice questions to help prepare its customers.
April 29, 2008  The 25th anniversary of A Nation At Risk should give federal policymakers the opportunity to reconsider the current federal approach, one influential lawmaker said last week.
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April 29, 2008  The nation’s urban students posted gains on their reading and mathematics exams in 2007 to continue a trend of improving achievement.

April 15, 2008  

March 25, 2008  The department will award $11 million in grants to 39 states to help low-income students cover costs associated with the tests.

January 29, 2008  

January 14, 2008  As money-for-achievement programs grow, the debate over whether remuneration works in education and what the trade-offs are sharpens.

December 18, 2007  Low proficiency rates on national assessments, for example, do not spell the failure that many observers claim, says a study.

April 29, 2008   School culture and test scores are both important in giving schools the "Blue Ribbon" designation, the authors argue.
April 29, 2008   For a state with a small enrollment, Nebraska is looking at some big changes in education policy—and those who set it.
April 23, 2008   The Forum for Education and Democracy report calls for moving away from k-12 tests and sanctions and, instead, do what other countries with high student achievement do.
April 22, 2008   With so much national focus on standardized tests, why haven’t I heard much conversation about the use of incentives before test administration?
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