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‘ROUNDING THE GLOBE’-10: What does STAND stand for?

March 30, 2010 By bill-schechter

'ROUNDING THE GLOBE'-10: What does STAND stand for? There are a host of journalistic sins. When it comes to its coverage of education policy, the Boston Globe has committed all of them: selective sourcing in news, exclusion of dissenting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-globe, education-reform, mcas, stand, stand-for-children

THE ‘ROUNDING THE GLOBE’ BLOG-8: Continuing Analysis of How The Globe Covers Ed Policy

March 17, 2010 By bill-schechter

'Rounding the Globe'- 8: Dropout Rates We Have Known This is submission from the "Better-Late-Than-Never" Dept. On March 14, 2010, the Boston Globe published a curious editorial, which followed up on a news story reporting a decline in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-globe, dropout-rate, ed-policy, mcas, ravtich

THE ‘ROUNDING THE GLOBE’ BLOG-7: Continuing Analysis of How the Globe Covers Ed Policy

March 15, 2010 By bill-schechter

BLOG #7: THE A PRIORI ARIA ABOUT 'STANDARDS' The blog concerns a Page One story in today's Boston Globe, entitled "State stands firm on school quality" (3/15). Written by James Vaznis who works the ed reform beat, the piece is one of many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ed-policy, mcas, ravtch, standards, stotsky

ROUNDING THE GLOBE 6: Does one right makes two wrongs?

March 15, 2010 By bill-schechter

She then went on to discuss the startling, new positions of education scholar Diane Ravitch, once an advocate and now a critic of testing, charters, standards, and school closings. Incredibly, the Globe has still not followed the lead of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-globe, central-falls, education-reform, mcas, ravitch, standards, vennochi

All we are saying is give paste a chance.

February 23, 2008 By shack

Yesterday, on the last weekday of the February break, I was in my classroom reading a 25-page standardized, multiple-choice test on poetry.  All 8th graders at my school will spend two hours taking this test on Tuesday.  Its … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bosley, education, mcas, schools

Sciortino (and Patrick?) to soften MCAS

June 5, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

(Via Casey.) Back in the campaign, Kerry Healey warned that Patrick would back off of MCAS as a graduation requirement. Patrick said no, he supported it as a requirement, but he supported "teaching the whole child." I took this to mean … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: education, massachusetts, mcas, patrick, sciortino

My ideal MCAS

March 16, 2007 By sabutai

First, for giggles, let's remember what the acronym MCAS stands for -- Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System.  That's right.  A two-hour exam administered in March or May is supposedly "Comprehensive" -- accurately summing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: education, mcas, sciortino

Challenging the Department of Education on MCAS Success

March 15, 2007 By carl-sciortino

Last week, the Department of Education released a report showing that more students than ever are earning their MCAS competency in only two attempts (release). While the numbers may be true, the assertion that this is indicative of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: drop-out-rates, education, mcas

Tom, what are you thinking?

November 4, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

I really don't get this at all: Tom Birmingham, of all people, wonders if Patrick is squishy on MCAS?"This was a policy discussion," he said of the breakfast, held at the Omni Parker House Hotel. "Four days before the election, or wherever … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: birmingham, governor, massachusetts, mcas, patrick

Pushing the candidates on MCAS

June 17, 2006 By opus

My question to all three Democratic gubenatorial candidates (and their supporters) is this: What will you do to push back against the trend? Can we count on you to move towards minimizing the negative impacts of MCAS, and to help … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: education, governor, mcas, nclb, standardized-testing

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