Comments on: Rise & Shine: New report to detail state’s low test standards http://gothamschools.org/2010/07/14/rise-shine-new-report-to-detail-states-low-test-standards/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Esteban Rodriguez http://gothamschools.org/2010/07/14/rise-shine-new-report-to-detail-states-low-test-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-276927 Esteban Rodriguez Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:34:01 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=42511#comment-276927 I wrote on incongressional.com about how states are dumbing down tests to make themselves look better.  How else would politicians who say "Judge me on the schools" get re-elected? The link has graphs from a study shown at a congressional hearing on the reauthorization of NCLB. http://www.incongressional.com/department-of-ed-race-to-the-bottom/ I wrote on incongressional.com about how states are dumbing down tests to make themselves look better.  How else would politicians who say “Judge me on the schools” get re-elected?

The link has graphs from a study shown at a congressional hearing on the reauthorization of NCLB.

http://www.incongressional.com/department-of-ed-race-to-the-bottom/

]]> By: More on adjusting state tests - EdVANTAGE Blog - The Official Blog of the New York State Council of School Superintendents http://gothamschools.org/2010/07/14/rise-shine-new-report-to-detail-states-low-test-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-276920 More on adjusting state tests - EdVANTAGE Blog - The Official Blog of the New York State Council of School Superintendents Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:48:52 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=42511#comment-276920 [...] New York City papers today are reporting on an analysis done for the State Board of Regents as they prepare to discuss the cut scores at the beginning of next week.  Presumably the analysis will eventually be posted among the materials for the Regents July19, 20 meetings. [...] [...] New York City papers today are reporting on an analysis done for the State Board of Regents as they prepare to discuss the cut scores at the beginning of next week.  Presumably the analysis will eventually be posted among the materials for the Regents July19, 20 meetings. [...]

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