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Too much testing cuts into learning
An ever-increasing number of testing requirements has taken the focus off learning and transformed urban schools into test preparation centers. THE GOAL of the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993 was to make schools more accountable to their neediest students and to the public.
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Myths Left Behind
Fairfax County's Graham Road Elementary dispels the notion that achievement gaps are inevitable. THE TEACHING staff at Fairfax County's Graham Road Elementary School doesn't waste time talking about things in their students' lives they can't control. Many of their students come from low-income families; they live in homes that are fragmented or where English is never spoken.
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For Obama, split looms over education reform
His pick for Education secretary, Chicago's Arne Duncan, faces a divide among Democrats.
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo
"What remains to be seen is how [the new administration] will come down on accountability – on this question of what is the appropriate federal role in making school achievement transparent and [in] intervening in schools that aren't making the grade,"
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Tackling 'No Child' tops Duncan's list
When Arne Duncan heads to Washington, his driving task will be to rethink No Child Left Behind, the all-or-nothing law that has shaped how every child and every classroom in the country is judged.
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Surge in CRCT results raise 'big red flag'
A miracle occurred at Atherton Elementary this summer, if its standardized math test scores are to be believed. Half of the DeKalb County school’s fifth-graders failed a yearly state test in the spring. When the 32 students took retests, not only did every one of them pass — 26 scored at the highest level.
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