Friday, April 22, 2016

Interim State Superintendent Lonny Rivera says, "We Need Testing."

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In my in-box today from Ohio's Interim Superintendant Dr. Rivera... "I know you appreciate the crucial importance of maintaining st...
Sunday, April 10, 2016

The Testing Window Has Opened.

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Goal: End unnecessary state testing. The testing window has opened here in Ohio, and students across the state, at all levels, have beg...
Friday, April 1, 2016

They want input, but they don't want input.

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The kids aren't alright, Jim Wright. The Ohio Department of Education has made much lately of their interest in having a collaborat...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

On the Eve of the Testing Window, Let Us Reconsider The Three Paths to Graduation.

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As we all know, Ohio has expanded its graduation requirements to include three paths. These include the ever unpopular and still confusing E...
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Saturday, March 12, 2016

More Valuable Data from the 2015 Assessments or The Post Where I Sarcastically Pretend to Be an Uninformed Boob in Order to Make a Point.

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The figure above appeared in an article Saturday in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. It shows Performance Index scores when correlated with ...
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

A Numbers Game?

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5 American History classes. 146 students. 12 days until Spring Break. I should be pleased at things. The built in breaks enable us to mainta...
Friday, February 12, 2016

The Evidence-Based Set and Online Testing.

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The Simulation below contains a set of 6 sources and corresponding sample questions from the state of Ohio's American History End of Ye...