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• Washington State--On Its Way To A Clue?

  Published: July 20, 2007, 4:22 pm

  Tags: Testing Assessment, K 12 Issues, Math Science

  each year on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL).Echoing concerns from a grass-roots parents group, Plattner also said Washington needs to be clearer about the need for students to memorize basic math facts and learn standard methods of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.What will the Board of Education do with

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• High School Exit Exam Update

  Published: July 20, 2007, 4:16 pm

  Tags: Testing Assessment, K 12 Issues

  (click on the testing/assessment tab and find some posts on this topic from Spring 2006) and filed a lawsuit. They lost; the state courts ruled that it's clearly within the purview of the legislature to dictate graduation requirements, and those students didn't graduate because they couldn't pass a test that has at most 8th grade math and

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• Technology redefines talents

  Published: July 20, 2007, 9:57 am

  Tags: Blc07, Communication Tools, Digital Divide, Socialisation, Yong Zhao, Assessment, Blc07, China, Economy, Future, Globalisation, Globalization, Mcdonalds, Starbucks

  High Definition television is great, an advancement in technology that makes multimedia seem even more real. But it's also redefining who is going to be a television star, as some personalities become unusable when every pore can be seen - hi def becomes dicey. The industrial revolution made Herbert Spencer in 1859 design an American school

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• Report: Technology "Immersion" In Middle School

  Published: July 31, 2007, 9:40 pm

  Tags: Testing Assessment, Calculators Computers Tech, K 12 Issues, Math Science

  Click here to read the report from the 2nd year of the Texas Technology Immersion Pilot program--or, if you prefer, allow me to summarize it for you:Students and teachers in the program were significantly more comfortable using "technology", principals provided more leadership regarding "technology", and there was stronger parent and community

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• MySpace, MyExams

  Published: August 6, 2007, 4:05 am

  Tags: Assessment, Ltsfutures, Socialisation, Levels, Exam Results, Standard Grades, Bbc, Edexcel, Examination, Exams, Highers, Myspace, Results, Sqa

  Students in the UK can expect to get their examination results over the next couple of weeks through secure online services and even MySpace. Today, about 35,000 connected Scottish students will receive their high school exam results before their paper-based peers in a new, if slightly slow, online exam service from the SQA. The romance of the

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• So You Are Looking For A Job

  Published: August 10, 2007, 12:31 am

  Tags: Financial, Business, Self Improvement, Career Assessment Test, Career Choices, Career Path, Career Track, Classifieds, Job, Looking For Job, Professional Goals, Professional Profile, Resume

  2. Take a career assessment test. There are a lot of career assessment tests available online. (more…) copyright @2007 bu.bulicio.us career assessment test, career choices, career path, career track, classifieds, job, looking for job, professional goals, professional profile, resumeDid you enjoy reading this post? Buy me a

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• Extreme Learning by any other name?

  Published: August 13, 2007, 1:43 pm

  Tags: Assessment, Building Schools, Collaborative Learning, Ltsfutures, Leadership Amp Management, Edubuzz, East Lothian Council, Extreme Learning, New Brunswick, Rich Tasks, Edubuzz, Elcouncil

  About now teachers across Scotland go back to school, the kids joining them later on this week. For secondary teachers comes that interesting moment of meeting your new 'S1' students, the ones just out of primary school. At this time another feeling would come into my mind: "I just can't do this French textbook with them; it'll bore them silly

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• How Do You Rate A Teacher?

  Published: August 13, 2007, 7:08 pm

  Tags: Testing Assessment, Teachers, K 12 Issues

  This editorial from the Chicago Tribune highlights why what would seem like a straightforward process isn't at all.

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• Extreme Learning by any other name?

  Published: August 13, 2007, 1:43 pm

  Tags: Assessment, Building Schools, Collaborative Learning, Ltsfutures, Leadership Management, Edubuzz, East Lothian Council, Extreme Learning, New Brunswick, Rich Tasks, Edubuzz, Elcouncil

  About now teachers across Scotland go back to school, the kids joining them later on this week. For secondary teachers comes that interesting moment of meeting your new 'S1' students, the ones just out of primary school. At this time another feeling would come into my mind: "I just can't do this French textbook with them; it'll bore them

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• Maybe Dumb Prospective Teachers Really Aren't Dumb

  Published: August 23, 2007, 8:46 pm

  Tags: Testing Assessment, Teachers

  Maybe we just haven't yet found a way to assess how smart they really are.

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• Gray Davis, A Team Player

  Published: August 24, 2007, 9:31 pm

  Tags: Testing Assessment, Nclb, Cta

  Gray Davis was the Democrat governor of California who was recalled in 2003 and replaced with Arnold Schwarzenegger. I didn't think he was a very good governor and I supported his recall.However, since that time, I've only heard from him twice--and both times, he's shown himself to be a class act. While it no doubt comforts some to label me an

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• The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations

  Published: August 27, 2007, 8:36 pm

  Tags: Testing Assessment, Liberals Lefties, Cta

  A good man (yes, I know who it is!) once used that phrase in a speech, and it's a powerful phrase that I haven't forgotten. It says so much in so few words (a very bright man I once knew would describe that as "pithy").If someday someone were to look that phrase up in a dictionary, this is the blog post that would serve as the description.

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• Reading Comprehension and the elements that support it

  Published: August 12, 2007, 11:18 am

  Tags: Reading Comprehension, Reading Comprehension Assessment

  both.Reading comprehension assessments are the most common type of published reading test that is available. And the most typical type of reading comprehension assessment involves asking a child to read a passage of text that is leveled appropriately for the child's age or grade, and then asking some explicit, detailed questions about the

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• A Mature Way To Ask For Help

  Published: August 31, 2007, 10:21 pm

  Tags: Testing Assessment, K 12 Issues

  board" when it comes to fair assessments.Lastly, I encouraged him to see me before and after school if he has questions on the material so that he can develop that mastery (and self-confidence) in the material. Additionally, he can ask me clarifying questions during a test or quiz.Who would not want to help a student who asked for assistance the

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• Employee Screening and Risk Assessment

  Published: February 11, 2007, 9:00 pm

  Tags: Hiring, Employee Selection, Employee Screening, Labor Employment Law, Background Screening, Human Resources, Risk Assessment

  Employee Screening and Risk Assessment Recent headlines of workplace violence, violence by home service personnel, as well as convicted rapists working as private security officers or child care providers, has raised serious questions regarding employee screening programs. What is negligent hiring? Should

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