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04/25/2011 by Sean Brady

The Issues With High-stakes Testing and PARCC

As a result of Race to the Top, most states will soon administer even more high-stakes tests. For example, in the 2014-15 school year, 25 states, including New York, will begin administering PARCC assessments in grades 3-12 four times per year. At the same time, there is an inexorable push to connect teacher and administrator performance reviews, tenure decisions and pay to student performance. This post discusses four specific traps that I believe implementers of RTTT and the PARCC assessments will have to avoid if their reforms are to bear fruit.

Filed Under: NCLB & ESSA accountability Tagged With: Common Core, education, high stakes tests, nclb, PARCC, Race to the Top, school accountability, test scores

03/08/2011 by Sean Brady

How State Budgets Are Breaking US Schools

Bill Gates Ted Talks presentation describes the structural funding challenges facing our K-12 education system. The trade-offs are dire and civic conflict looms. Will we continue to fund growing health care costs at the expense of educating our children? Will we educate our children at the expense of teachers? pensions? Are we entering an era that pits the dreams of the young against the past promises to the old? If you are a student, parent, educator, taxpayer or politician, you should view Gates? short, provocative March 2 presentation at https://prismdecision.com/how-state-budgets-are-breaking-us-schools

Filed Under: K-12 education Tagged With: Bill Gates Ted Talks, education, graduation rate, nclb, school accountability, school budget cuts, teacher layoffs, test scores

02/28/2011 by Sean Brady

The Absurdity of New York’s School Accountability System

The New York State Education Department released school report cards Thursday, February 17. A close look at the report cards reveals a very important, unreported story. We now have an absurd situation in New York State. For many schools districts to hit their accountability targets, they will have to improve at a rate that the NYSED does not consider credible. Read on at https://prismdecision.com/absurdity-of-new-york-school-accountability-system

Filed Under: NCLB & ESSA accountability Tagged With: education, graduation rate, nclb, school accountability, test scores

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