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Portrait of a Young Test Taker
Testing, from the inside out: The following sketch of a young test taker grew out of a conversation I had recently with a school employee. She is six years old and in first grade. English is not her...
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No Glitch Grit: Minnesota suspends Pearson tests
Uh oh. But tests should be! There will be no MCA testing today in Minnesota. Like so many schoolchildren who can’t sit still, the tests have been suspended. Naughty, naughty, naughty. The super...
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Opt Out Numbers in Minnesota High Schools Skyrocket
March 11, 2017 As testing season begins in full force across Minnesota, publicly available data from the state Department of Education indicates a striking trend: the number of high school juniors...
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Minneapolis Parents Choose Community Over Testing
April 24, 2017 In early April, the Minneapolis Star Tribune published the results of a new online survey, completed by parents with kids in the Minneapolis Public Schools. The results offer a...
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Opting Out of Standardized Tests? It’s Still Legal in Minnesota
December 14, 2017 The Harvard Graduate School of Education recently posted an eye-opening interview with Professor Daniel Koretz, author of The Testing Charade: Pretending to Make Schools Better. His...
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Not Proficient? Minnesota Attempts to Thwart Standardized Testing Opt Outs
April 16, 2018 Q: What’s more jaw-dropping than a blizzard in April? A: The continued pressure tactics being used against Minnesota families who want to opt their children out of the high stakes...
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