Covid, NAEP and Mandated State Assessments
Last week, the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) postponed the scheduled January 2021 administration of the National Assessment…
Nothing Standard About This School Year: #WaiveTheFSA
How is your school year going so far? Did your school year begin face-to-face or virtually? Are students…
Georgia Is Leading. Who Will Follow?
In Atlanta, they can smell the accountabaloney and they aren’t afraid to do something about it. On June…
No one wants to go back… to the status quo
A few weeks ago, in the midst of the COVID pandemic, a friend shared this meme: Then, this…
Governor Waives Statewide Testing Requirements… For Some.
With public schools converting to distal learning during a global pandemic, after hearing the calls from parents from…
Apples to Oranges: Comparing Full Day VPK to Half Day VPK
On 01/27/2020, Marie-Claire Leman, a Leon County parent representing Common Ground, testified in regard to SB1688 before the Senate…
Hoping for the B.E.S.T.? Using SAT/ACT Scores to Calculate School Grades Probably Won’t Get Us There.
On Friday, 1/24/2020, Governor DeSantis released a slick PR packet, celebrating Florida’s new K-12 Education Standards, following a…
Florida Standards Listening Tour Coming to a Location (somewhat) Near You
The Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) wants to know what you think about the state’s new draft of public…
Teacher Exodus is a Direct Result of Accountabaloney
“We’re concerned about equity in education. You will never achieve equity by spending the few resources that you…
Prediction: State Test Score Release Will Result in Accountabaloney.
State mandated standardized test scores and the resultant school grade calculations are due out any day now. There…
Testing Season in Florida: This is Not a Work of Excellence.
“What was educationally significant and hard to measure has been replaced by what is educationally insignificant and easy…
Maine Takes a Giant Step Towards Eliminating Accountabaloney!
Maine just took a giant step forward towards eliminating accountabaloney! As outlined by Peter Greene in Forbes, Maine’s…
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