Testing Reform in the News -- August 22 - 29 , 2012
Several positive stories about resistance and assessment alternatives as well as more data about ongoing damage from the high-stakes testing fixation
Resistance to High-Stakes Testing Spreads -- District Administration Magazine Cover Story
http://www.districtadministration.com/article/resistance-high-stakes-testing-spreads
Regents Asked to Exempt More Schools From Tests -- Consortium Models Better Alternatives
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10000872396390444443504577601691103966970-lMyQjAxMTAyMDIwMDAyODA3Wj.html
What New ACT Scores Really Mean -- Test-Driven Education "Reform" is a Colossal Failure
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/what-new-act-college-readiness-scores-really-mean/2012/08/22/c64f0fa6-ec87-11e1-aca7-272630dfd152_blog.html
As School Resumes Testing Grind Looms
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/As-classes-resume-testing-grind-looms-for-many-3815542.php
Test Score Manipulation Spreads in New Jersey, St. Louis, New Orleans and Philadelphia
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20120828/NJNEWS10/308280012/Investigation-details-how-2-Woodbridge-schools-cheated-state-tests
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/7043995d-61c3-58a9-83b2-45cb4250940f.html
http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2012/08/new_orleans_charter_school_is.html
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/43432
A Lousy Way to Evaluate Teachers: Another Model Letter to the Editor from Prof. Stephen Krashen
http://www.smdp.com/letter-remove-the-requirement/111188
Educators Have No Political Party
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/23/1123277/-Educators-Have-No-Political-Party
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