One test bites the dust. Will others?
Tag: Measures of Academic Progress
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Standardized testing: Cheating and other problems
Is trustworthy high-stakes testing feasible?
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What does the MAP test cost Chicago Public Schools?
Brian Jackson/Sun-Times Chicago schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett, addressing the Chicago Urban League in November. “We need to acknowledge that the community simply does not trust what we say or what we do,” Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett said in November. This was during a speech to the Chicago Urban League, three weeks after Rahm […]
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Chicago parents and teachers unite against standardized testing
A teacher boycott of a test in Seattle has energized local opposition.
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Will the standardized testing boycott spread to Chicago?
“We are likely to start seeing a more active anti-testing movement in Chicago,” CTU president Karen Lewis says.