Laura Chapman: On EdTrust’s “Demand” to Test Students This Spring
Laura Chapman is a regular reader and contributor. She is a retired educator and a crack researcher. She writes here about a letter from Education...
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Join the National Town Hall to Learn About Canceling Testing This Spring
The standardized tests to which our students have been subjected for two decades have not improved American education. They have degraded it into endless months...
To Test or Not to Test, That Is the Question
Everyone seems to have an opinion about whether the mandated federal tests should be administered this spring. When the pandemic was first acknowledged last March,...
Nancy Bailey: Who Should Be the Next Secretary of Education?
Veteran educator Nancy Bailey has some very clear ideas about the next Secretary of Education. All her proposals are premised on Trump’s defeat, since billionaire...
David Berliner and Gene Glass: Why Bother Testing in 2021?
David Berliner and Gene Glass are leaders of the American education research community. Their books are required reading in the field. They shared with me...
Colorado Cancels State Testing
Chalkbeat reports that Colorado has canceled state academic tests for 2020. Colorado will cancel state tests in light of coronavirus school closures, officials say Any...
Alfie Kohn: Why Can’t Everyone Get An A?
Alfie Kohn has written many books critical of competition and ranking in schools. This article appeared in the New York Times. For a...
DeVos Continues D.C.’s Mad Obsession with Standardized Testing
Betsy DeVos’ team warned Arizona that it could lose $340 million in federal funding if it persists in offering options to students taking standardized...
A Washington Post Discussion about Education
I will be in Washington, D.C., on Thursday for a “discussion” about education. I put the scare quotes around discussion because the schedule is jam-packed,...
Peter Greene: ESSA is Now Officially a Big, Hot Mess
At the end of 2015, Congress finally replaced No Child Left Behind–ten years late–with a new law called Every Student Succeeds. The two names actually...