Benchmark Testing

Assessment Opinion The Price of Standardized Testing in Russia
Elena Lenskaya offers a sobering lesson in the unintended consequences of standardized testing--teaching to the test and learning to the test.
International Perspectives on Education Reform Group, October 23, 2013
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Professional Development Opinion Using Fair Comparisons to Stimulate School Improvement in Australia
Barry McGaw discusses the implementation of a national curriculum, customized student testing, and an online school assessment tool designed to stimulate system-wide improvement in Australia.
International Perspectives on Education Reform Group, October 21, 2013
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4 min read
Assessment Opinion Accountability and Assessment Systems
Helen Janc Malone introduces this week's blog theme, "accountability and assessment systems." She writes that at the heart of the current accountability debate is a fundamental question, What is the purpose of all the collected assessment data? Are they an end game or a starting point to educational change? And, should the focus be on external accountability or, should we refocus attention on professional responsibility and internal accountability? How do we have both?
International Perspectives on Education Reform Group, October 20, 2013
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2 min read
School & District Management Opinion The American System For Improving Our Schools
Marc Tucker argues that one of the United States' biggest challenges in education is that we don't actually have a well-designed, fully connected system in place. Our K-12 landscape is mostly the result of unrelated initiatives that often conflict with each other.
Marc Tucker, October 17, 2013
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5 min read
Assessment Opinion Be Careful What You Wish For
Yong Zhao examines the Chinese struggle with students' academic overload and the two important lessons American education reformers can draw from the Chinese test-oriented culture.
International Perspectives on Education Reform Group, October 3, 2013
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Assessment Opinion PISA Learning, Not PISA Topping
Andy Hargreaves addresses four lessons of international benchmarking that are practical and desirable for the U.S. education reform.
International Perspectives on Education Reform Group, October 2, 2013
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Assessment Opinion National Standards Are No Longer Enough
Andreas Schleicher, who oversees the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) at OECD, discusses the impact PISA has had on education policy and what we have learned about high performing systems.
International Perspectives on Education Reform Group, October 1, 2013
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Standards & Accountability Opinion The Race Between Education and Technology—Revisited
Marc Tucker reflects on why our increasing access to education has decreased while the amount of money we pour into schools and colleges has only increased.
Marc Tucker, September 23, 2013
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5 min read
Education Funding Opinion VET: The Other Side of Finland's System
Marc Tucker interviews Nancy Hoffman, Vice President and Senior Advisor at Jobs for the Future, about the less talked about side of Finland's education system - vocational education and training.
Marc Tucker, August 30, 2013
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Assessment Opinion School Reform in Philadelphia: A Study in Agony
Marc Tucker talks with David Oh, a city councilman from Philadelphia, about the city's struggle with education governance and reform.
Marc Tucker, August 20, 2013
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Assessment Opinion Governing Education: Is It Possible?
Marc Tucker argues that we need effective governance systems in order to build a world-class education system.
Marc Tucker, July 11, 2013
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3 min read
Teacher Preparation Opinion Teacher Professional Development in Shanghai
An interview with Ben Jensen, School Education Program Director at the Grattan Institute in Australia, about Shanghai's professional development system for teachers.
Marc Tucker, June 28, 2013
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3 min read
Assessment Opinion Governing American Education: The Challenge
Marc Tucker argues that the country is very unlikely to match the performance of the top-performing countries without major changes to its system of education governance.
Marc Tucker, May 23, 2013
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Assessment Opinion Testing, the Common Core, and Consumer Resistance
Marc Tucker examines the meaning behind consumer resistance to mandated school testing.
Marc Tucker, April 26, 2013
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4 min read
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