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Evaluation Valuation: Goals, Issues, and Questions for the Coming Year0
- August 5, 2014
To students like me, teachers are mythical creatures. Sure, I see them every day, but I can’t see behind the proverbial curtain. I don’t know how they judge their success or failure in different areas, how well they are serving their students as a whole, or how they communicate information about their teaching performance to […]
READ MOREAmy Oliver Show: What Do Americans Think About Standardized Tests, School Choice?0
- July 7, 2014
What do Americans think about standardized testing, Common Core, vouchers, and charter schools? Paul DiPerna shares insights from the Friedman Foundation’s new K-12 education national survey.
READ MOREAmy Oliver Show: Dougco Starts Student Testing Conversation0
- March 6, 2014
Kevin Larsen, president of the Douglas County school board, discusses the rationale behind his district’s push for more flexibility around state testing requirements. House Bill 1202 was proposed to give the state authority to waive certain student assessments for high-performing school districts, though the bill since has been changed to call for a study of the situation.
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Amy Oliver Show: America’s Low Test Scores Endanger Prosperity0
- September 5, 2013
Dr. Paul Peterson, director of Harvard University’s Program on Education Policy and Governance, makes the case that American schools and students are lagging in performance, with potentially harmful effects for the future economy.
READ MOREAnalyst Addresses What’s Needed to Make Extended Learning Time Work0
- December 7, 2012
Senior policy analyst Ben DeGrow commented recently in an American Family Radio News (One News Now) story to provide perspective on news that some Colorado schools were among the recipients of grant money to provide longer or more days to serve especially low-income students. DeGrow told reporter Bob Kellogg that more than just the amount
READ MOREAmy Oliver Show: Boosting Math and Science Success in Colorado0
- October 24, 2012
The National Math and Science Initiative’s Gregg Fleisher talks about his group’s remarkable success helping students pass AP tests, a result that’s beginning to show up in the Colorado schools where they work. He discusses the attention given to student cash incentives in NMSI’s program, but focuses more on the critical training and support given to teachers.
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