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Ravitch: Whose Children Are Left Behind?

Posted on December 19, 2011 by edfivecs90

Ravitch’s willingness to challenge prevailing winds and her efforts to focus decision-making on relevant data offers a lesson for all educators. Besides, all teachers need to be aware of national trends in education.

Ravitch: Whose Children Are Left Behind?

I thought testing would help diagnose the problem and help teachers identify kids’ needs and that charters would serve the underserved and collaborate with public schools. I was wrong on all accounts, said Diane Ravitch in her Friday keynote speech at the Opportunity to Learn Summit, in Washington, D.C.

Ravitch, an education historian and former advocate for charters and standardized testing, examined some of the outcomes of a system that holds up testing and charters as holy grails and allows both to spread indiscriminately…

LINK:  Ravitch: Whose Children Are Left Behind?.

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The Power of Mistakes: Creating a Risk-Tolerant Culture at Home and School

Posted on December 4, 2011 by edfivecs90

Ever spend time looking for a “handout” to send home to parents/students that would clearly articulate the value of fostering risk-tolerance?  There’s nothing “new” here, but this article provides an “expert” opinion to help you explain just why it is that you’re going to hold firm on a boundary…

Educators and parents want their kids to seek challenges and persist through difficulty—but so often, they don’t. It’s all too familiar: John always takes the easy way out; Angel gives up at the first sign of difficulty; Anna falls apart when she gets a disappointing grade.

Of course, struggling students are especially vulnerable to helplessness and fear of failure. But even high-performing kids fall prey to test anxiety, or avoid that one subject that fills them with dread. Why does this happen? And what can we do about it?

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Post Source: Growth Mindset Newsletter – November, 2011

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Stanford Economist Rebuts Much-Cited Report That Debunks Test-Based Education

Posted on November 29, 2011 by edfivecs90

One more example of what we tell our students: make sure the data supports your conclusions…

When the National Research Council published the results of a decade-long study on the effects of standardized testing on student learning this summer, critics who have long opposed the use of exams as a teaching incentive rejoiced.

But Eric Hanushek, a Stanford University economist who is influential in education research, now says the “told you so” knee-jerk reaction was unwarranted: In an article released Monday by Harvard University’s journal Education Next, Hanushek argues that the report misrepresents its own findings, unjustifiably amplifying the perspective of those who don’t believe in testing. His article has even caused some authors of the NRC report to express concerns with its conclusions.

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By Joy Resmovits

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Report Card Redesign – What Should Be Reported?

Posted on November 7, 2011 by edfivecs90

What if you could design a “cool” report card?  What if you could use technology to visualize what we struggle to write in words?  And then what if you realized that the innovative design you created was based on traditional assessments and not related at all to current thinking about best practices?

Last week, GOOD magazine announced the winner of its “Redesign the Report Card” contest. The winning entry is a design by Polly d’Avignon, and you can see it here. As a visual design effort, it’s a success. It’s gorgeous. It’s interactive, designed to be posted on a website and support parent and teacher dialog…

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written by Susan M. Brookhart, an independent education consultant based in Helena, Mont., and a senior research associate in the Center for Advancing the Study of Teaching and Learning at Duquesne University.

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Academic Gains Vary Widely for Charter Networks

Posted on November 7, 2011 by edfivecs90

A good look at data as relates to achievement in Charter Schools…

Education Week: Academic Gains Vary Widely for Charter Networks

By Nirvi Shah

A new national studyRequires Adobe Acrobat Reader on the effectiveness of networks that operate charter schools finds overall that their middle school students’ test scores in reading, mathematics, science, and social studies aren’t significantly better than those of students in regular public schools….

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