Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released this week provided more evidence confirming what nearly everyone associated with K-12 education already knew — a global pandemic, which killed more than a million U.S. residents and severely disrupted institutions and families, also undermined teaching and learning. As usual, the test scores provide little useful guidance about how schools, districts, states and the federal government should move forward to address the full range of children’s needs.
NationalBewareof NAEP Test Score Spin
https://fairtest.org/beware-of-naep-test-score-spin/
New JerseyTeachers Seek Less “Learning Loss” Rhetoric and Fewer Tests
https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/teachers-ask-for-less-learning-loss-messaging-fewer-state-assessments
North CarolinaStrong Support for Including Non-Academic Factors in State School Grades
https://jocoreport.com/survey-ncs-school-performance-grades-draws-strong-response-call-for-change/
PennsylvaniaNon-Test Graduation Pathways Will Help More Students Earn Diplomas
https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-schools-test-scores-graduation-pathways/
Rhode IslandTiming of Test Score Release Roils Race for Governor
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/timing-of-student-test-scores-release-continues-to-roil-ri-gubernatorial-race/ar-AA12Zzme
Texas“Measure What Matters” Report Seeks End of High-Stakes Testing
https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/22/10/b29401076/raise-your-hand-texas-recommends-reforms-of-states-staar-test-and-public-education-accountability–
Texas Superintendent Says Test Scores Should Not Drive School Rankings
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article267502823.html
University Admissions Webinar Recording Preparing for a Supreme Court Decision About Race Conscious Admission
https://www.nacacnet.org/preparing-for-a-supreme-court-decision-involving-race-conscious-admission/
University Admissions Colleges Could Use K-12 Performance Assessments for Course Placement
https://www.k12dive.com/news/colleges-should-use-k-12-performance-assessments-for-course-placement-repo/634675
Teacher Testing Are Licensing Exams Keeping African Americans Out of the Teacher Workforce?
https://www.jbhe.com/2022/10/are-state-licensing-exams-unfairly-keeping-blacks-from-the-teacher-workforce/
Worth Reading State Accountability Systems Don’t Give Complete Picture of School Strengths, Weaknesses
https://kappanonline.org/beyond-good-bad-school-quality-schneider-noonan/