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Three cheers for ISATs (Illinois Standards Achievement Test) wrapping up and spring break on the horizon! Getting the test off your back and out of test tunnel vision is a huge relief for teachers and students all over the state and around the country. In the post-testing elation, it can be easy to move on to other stress-inducing thoughts ...

Don't you hate memorization??  I can recall years of trying to remember all my math facts, state capitols and even the names of all the human bones.  Well, if you have to memorize something, why not use a flashcard that predicts when you'll forget and keeps you on track?  Introducting.... Headmagnet (www.headmagnet.com).  ...

Based on standardized test scores, this year my school has focused on improving our students’ reading comprehension. Every now and then we have been shown scores and have been encouraged to increase the amount of reading that we require, particularly the reading of nonfiction texts. We’ve had staff development on how to increase reading ...

It seems the more and more I talk to teachers, review standardized test scores and talk to students, the reason math is so difficult isn't the math itself, but rather the VOCABULARY.  Are we paying attention to math vocabulary and teaching it, or are we just throwing out book definitions?  If students don't understand the words on the ...

We're testing this week, and I'm cranky. Correlation? We also believe that if we want to improve student outcomes, especially in high-poverty schools, nothing is more important than ensuring that there are effective teachers in every classroom and effective leaders in every school. Arne the Scarecrow, March 3, 2010 House Committee on Education ...

Free Test Practice and Testing Practice for teachers, parents and kids. These test practice worksheets will help get your kids ready for standardized tests and reading comprehension tests.   Test Practice - Click HereHere is a list of test practice worksheets, test practice activities, reading comprehension tests, letter recognition ...

Like many teachers, for the past week I have been thinking about the Rhode Island high school that fired all of its teachers because the school repeatedly failed to reach NCLB standards. I don’t know much about the school, but I suspect I can guess what kind of school it is. I suspect it’s in [...]

Administrators in today’s educational environment put a great emphasis on scores of standardized test. This puts a lot of pressure on the classroom teacher, sometimes unreasonable pressure. Resist the pressure to just teach to the test.  Your students deserve better. Instead,develop a partnership with the students to achieve goals ...

''This is the biggest erasure problem I've ever seen.'' Professor Gregory J. Cizek University of North Carolina Cheating Expert The poor have been accused of a lot of things, but this one takes Marie Antoinette's bakery to a whole new level. Georgia has an erasure problem--a closer look at Atlanta's results in Georgia's version of state testing ...

Year after year Newsweek publishes its list of the “best” high schools in America (like this one), and newspapers around the nation rush to print and comment on the standings (like this one). Essentially, the rankings are based on how many AP exams (Advanced Placement exams) are taken when measured against how many students are in a particular ...