Blogs about: Standardized Tests

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You Think You're So Smart

buckets of rain wrote 4 days ago: One of my writing professors, who was also a novelist, said, “You don’t have to be very … more →

Tags: Education, Binary Code, intelligence, The Replacements, writing

College admissions advice #16: to SAT or ACT, that is the question.

Eric Dawson wrote 1 week ago: We all know that these little tests determine your future success in life, as well as how intelligen … more →

Tags: FAQs, SAT and ACT, SAT, standardized test scores for college

Passing by failing.

Allen wrote 3 weeks ago: 2 Corinthians 13 Passing the test. ISTEPs. SATs. Final exams. Bar exams. Ordination exams. Growin … more →

Tags: daily office, Religion, paul, Christianity, corinthians, Exams, Failing

Should I take the SAT or the ACT?2 comments

Kari Parks wrote 1 month ago: SAT. Those three letters seem to inspire more fear in high school students than Lord Voldemort, the … more →

Tags: A.C.T., College Admissions, SAT, Test Prep

JOURNALING CHAOS 2: "Heel Kick"

Kevin W. Riley wrote 1 month ago: The “I Ching” teaches that “Before there can be great brilliance… there mus … more →

Tags: Charter Schools, El Milagro, Public Education, Standardized Testing, Un-graded schools, mastery learning, social promotion, Taekwondo, ungraded schools

Thoughts of a Former Schoolteacher

auntjeanna57 wrote 1 month ago: Welcome to my first blog!  To begin, let me share my background in education.  I taught in public s … more →

Tags: Home School, Homeschooling, Education, parent, teacher, Student, Kindergarten, First Grade

Ten ways for teens to spend the summer7 comments

Kris Hintz wrote 1 month ago: Parents wonder about how high school students could best spend the summer. Here are 10 alternatives. … more →

Tags: Parents of High School Seniors, Parents of High School Juniors, Parents of High School Sophomores, Parents of High School Freshmen, Parents of Middle School Students, Self Discovery, Summer Programs, High School, academic

My Beef with Stardardized Tests4 comments

Mark wrote 1 month ago: I am not a big fan of standardized tests. I have not been for a while actually. I went to an AP Worl … more →

Tags: Education, SAT, sat 2, SAT 2 World History, SAT II, SAT II World History, SAT Subject Test, World History

Navigating the school system-part 12 comments

confused mom wrote 1 month ago: We had our meeting with the school last week.  It was to review the re-evaluations and determine eli … more →

Tags: Education, Family, Moms, Parents, Special Needs, developmental delays, Early Intervention, speech delays, Sensory Processing

Testing Demands and Writing Workshop3 comments

Stacey wrote 1 month ago: Literacy Spark asked: Do you have to deal with testing in writing…if not how would you deal wi … more →

It's a Love-Hate Relationship

Sherry Alvarez wrote 1 month ago: Ahhh…the standardized test.  All but one of our first graders this year met the end-of-the-yea … more →

Tags: Personal Complaint Dept., Education

Reflections on Urban School Teaching... in the Middle of Testing4 comments

teacherrevised wrote 1 month ago: by JILL GUERRA We are in the midst of testing this week in the Oakland Unified School District. The … more →

Tags: Classroom Reflections, Education, teacher, Oakland Unified

CELEBRATE... THE SEA BREEZE, THE 8401 comment

Kevin W. Riley wrote 2 months ago: It is Day 3 of the 2009 California Standards Test and it is quiet across the campus.  Still.  Ghost- … more →

Tags: Charter Schools, El Milagro, Public Education, Standardized Testing, Teaching, California Standards Test, English Language Learners, Multiple Intelligences, Proficient

the last to know2 comments

confused mom wrote 2 months ago: I finally figured out why S has been out of sorts, and it took some investigating.  I wrote to S … more →

Tags: Family, Parents, Moms, Education, Special Needs, developmental delays, speech delays, Kindergarten, Nursery School

Predicting Academic Success Using Shoe Size: Affirming the Action in College Admissions3 comments

Robin Hughes wrote 2 months ago: By Robin Lee Hughes Many higher educational institutions no longer rely exclusively on standardized … more →

Tags: Affirmative Action, African-Americans, General, Higher Ed administration, recruitment and retention, admissions, GRE, MCAT, predicting academic success

A step towards standardizing college curricula?1 comment

Suchita S wrote 2 months ago: From the NY Times last month: In the first American effort of its kind, universities and colleges in … more →

Tags: Suchita S, College

Stereotype Threat and Exit Exams2 comments

The Situationist Staff wrote 2 months ago: Last month Mitchell Landsberg had an interesting article, titled “High school exit exam hinder … more →

Tags: Education, stereotype threat

sudden signs1 comment

confused mom wrote 2 months ago: Recently, over the past 2 weeks, my husband and I have seen a slight rise in anxiety with S.  It has … more →

Tags: Family, Parents, Moms, Education, Special Needs, developmental delays, speech delays, Sensory Processing, toddler

Standardized test scores1 comment

confused mom wrote 2 months ago: When someone mentions standardized tests, SATs and ACTs immediately jump out at me.  But then when y … more →

Tags: Family, Parents, Moms, Education, Special Needs, developmental delays, Early Intervention, speech delays, Sensory Processing


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