testing

Escape from the Spirit People

When a re-wired, pack-rat educator takes a deep dive in the basement there's no telling what she will find in…

5 years ago

Sticky Learning and the Dumbing Down of Exams

Do you remember what you were doing on the 22nd of June at 9.00am? I do - at least for…

6 years ago

Tests: “Is that all that matters to grown-ups?”

Test-weary second-grader asks school board: ‘Is that all that matters to grown-ups?’ Elitist parents threaten lawsuit after kids are called…

10 years ago

A Culture of Testing

Seth Godin wrote about the culture of testing, Netflix and what is untestable. You can read it here. I have…

14 years ago

HSSSE 2: “The shape of these bubbles is oppressive.”

This is the second post reporting on the results of the survey we administered at PDS  last spring: The High…

14 years ago

High Stakes Testing New York City Style

A colleague from a neighboring school has sent the following link from the  New York Times. It's a cautionary tale…

14 years ago

Here they come…National Standards

National Standards kindergarten through 12th grade are on their way. At PDS we are looking forward to taking a good…

15 years ago

“What ails thee Jock?”

By now you have probably been sent a link to, or have even read, Playing to Learn – Susan Engel’s…

15 years ago

Advanced Pressure and the Race to Nowhere

Advanced Pressure - Video Library - The New York Times video.nytimes.com The problem with Advanced Placement classes and how they…

15 years ago

Testing Madness on the Race to Nowhere

A colleague at a nearby school sent me this link to the NYTimes – just the latest bulletin from a…

15 years ago

Focus on the SAT

Cyril E. Power The Exam Room Study of Standardized Admissions Tests Is Big Draw at College Conference - article in…

16 years ago