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Articles: Assessment

Are You an Old School or a Bold School?

Online Edge
The time is now for some serious reinvention for schools.
Will Richardson
District Administration, January 2012
Tags: 
21st-century learning
assessment
community

Going Mobile: Stop the Technology Bashing!

Going Mobile
Stop repeating the reasons for the bashing.
Cathleen Norris and Elliot Soloway
District Administration, January 2012
Tags: 
assessment
mobile

Tough Tactics for Retention

Administrator Profile
Superintendent Jose M. Torres, Illinois School District U-46
Jennifer Elise Chase
District Administration, January 2012
Tags: 
achievement gap
at-risk
graduation rate
Latinos
low-income

Balanced Assessments Emerging in Douglas County (Colo.)

News Update
A new Web-based data management system has helped the district launch a balanced assessment initiative.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Nov/Dec 2011
Tags: 
teacher evaluation
technology plans

LAUSD Makes Civil Rights Improvements

News Update
The Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights enforced its first action on LAUSD under the Obama administration.
Angela Pascopella
District Administration, Nov/Dec 2011
Tags: 
Latinos
student achievement

How to Avoid Testing Irregularities

Feature
One administrator uses professional development to steer clear of inadvertent violations of testing protocol.
Ron Schachter
District Administration, Nov/Dec 2011
Tags: 
assessments
high-stakes
teacher

Taking the Helm in Cheating Scandals

District leaders are increasing security and laying down the law to avert cheating on high-stakes tests.
Ron Schachter
District Administration, Nov/Dec 2011
Tags: 
assessments
high-stakes
teacher

Getting Accountability Right

Professional Opinion
The case for local innovation that goes above and beyond requirements.
Douglas B. Reeves
District Administration, October 2011

Reports Offer Some Answers

Laurene Johnson
District Administration, October 2011
Tags: 
data driven decision

Does Class Size Really Matter?

With Over 60 percent of school districts considering staff reductions to balance budgets, class size is likely on many educators' minds.
Laurene Johnson
District Administration, October 2011
Tags: 
best practices
data driven decision

South Texas District Makes Nutrition and Fitness a Priority to Reduce Diabetes

For several years, Superintendent Roel Gonzalez of the Rio Grande City Consolidated (Texas) Independent School District has taken responsibility not only for student learning but also for the health of each student.
Courtney Williams
District Administration, October 2011
Tags: 
ESL
healthy schools
student achievement
wellness programs

College Readiness Is Their Goal

District Profile
Shortly after Superintendent Robert Duron arrived in San Antonio (Texas) Independent School District in 2006, he began to raise the bar.
Bev McCarron
District Administration, October 2011
Tags: 
1 to 1
assessments
best practices
blended learning
college readiness

A Small Community’s Innovative Curriculum Coaches

Administrator Profile
Lizzy Kloiber, secondary curriculum director of Celina (Texas) Independent School District knew the district needed coaches, and was determined to find a way to pay for them.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, October 2011
Tags: 
best practices
grants
mentors

Education Groups Join Common Core Math Coalition

News Update
Seven organizations have united to provide advice on issues related to the implementations of the mathematics curriculum and assessments
Marion Herbert
District Administration, October 2011
Tags: 
assessment
Common Core
math

The Road to Rigor

Feature
Raising the bar across the curriculum has become serious business.
Ron Schachter
District Administration, September 2011
Tags: 
assessment
high-stakes
math
math curriculum
NCLB
reauthorization

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