The Honolulu Star Advertiser today ran a story (entitled “Cheating by Educators Rare in Hawaii”) about the Atlanta cheating scandal vis-a-vis Hawaii: Revelations of widespread cheating by educators in Atlanta to boost test scores are raising questions about efforts to ensure the integrity of statewide tests and the pressures of high-stakes testing. This year the […]
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Are Online Tests the Key to Addressing Cheating?
July 18th, 2011 by -
U.S. Department of Education to Hold Race to the Top Assessment Public Meeting on Creating Valid, Reliable and Fair Assessments
July 12th, 2011 byThe U.S. Department of Education will host the third in a series of public meetings related to the Race to the Top Assessment (RTTA) grants on Wednesday, Aug. 10, at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. This meeting will convene representatives from both RTTA consortia and a panel of experts to discuss addressing […]
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Would new technology address the issues raised in Atlanta’s testing scandal?
July 10th, 2011 byOver at Hack Education, Audrey Watters offers some thoughts on the intersection of technology and assessment through the lens of the Atlanta schools testing scandal. She connects the dots (correctly, I believe) by noting that incidents like these will spur efforts to speed adoption of more secure testing environments – such as those offered by […]
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IRISH teenagers perform better in computer-based reading tests rather than those involving the printed word
June 29th, 2011 byAccording to an article in the Irish press, Irish teenagers in that nation performed better in computer-based reading tests rather than those involving the printed word. ERC director Dr Peter Archer said: “It may have to do with the fact that some students found the digital context more familiar and more interesting than the printed […]
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Ensuring access to digital content
June 23rd, 2011 byAs schools, districts and states move to provide more digital content, how are states and districts ensuring there is access to content for all students? What should they be doing?
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State actions influencing the shift from print to digital content
June 23rd, 2011 byWhat actions in your state have influenced the shift from print to digital content? Was it a state repository of content? District consortia purchasing online content? A change in the definition of textbooks?