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Articles: Testing

Going Mobile: Stop the Technology Bashing!

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

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
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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
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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
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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
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best practices
data driven decision

The Road to Rigor

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

Will NCLB Regulatory Relief Come in Time?

Inside The Law
Educators wonder what NCLB provisions will be lifted, what reform models districts will have to comply with, and whether relief will be approved before the start of school.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Jul 2011
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AASA
ESEA
NCLB
NSBA
reauthorization

El Paso's Big STEPS Forward

District Profile
The turnaround in El Paso (Texas) Independent School District has been striking.
Kurt Eisele-Dyrli
District Administration, June 2011
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assessment

A Humble, Small Learning Communitiiy

Problem/Solution
As enrollment increased rapidly in the Humble (Texas) Independent School District, administrators found a way to keep standards high.
Angela Pascopella
District Administration, June 2011
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high-stakes

Is the Reauthorization of ESEA in Sight?

News Update
Roughly 82 percent of schools will face sanctions for failing to make AYP under the current regulations of NCLB.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, May 2011
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AASA
ESEA
NCLB
NSBA
reauthorization

High Stakes Cheating

Feature
Under increasing pressure to raise scores or risk losing their jobs, some teachers and administrators are being pushed over the edge.
Alan Dessoff
District Administration, Apr 2011
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NCLB
student achievement

Changing Places and Changing Paces

Professional Opinion
As creative as a superintendent may be, education reform is limited by state infrastructure.
Edward Lee Vargas
District Administration, Mar 2011
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high-stakes
superintendents

Off the Record: What "No Child" Leaves Behind

News Update
After nine years of terrorizing schools nationwide, NCLB is about to be reformed, but even more importantly, renamed.
Kurt Eisele-Dyrli
District Administration, Mar 2011
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ESEA
NCLB

The United States Receives Average Rankings from PISA

News Update
The United States remained just average in reading and science, while lagging a bit in mathematics, according to the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Jan 2011
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global competition
PISA
reading
science

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