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  Responding to research showing that New York State’s high stakes tests were easier to pass than the national gold standard, the NAEP, and getting easier in successive years, the state’s Commissioner of Education, David Steiner, made the unp...Read More

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/nyregion/20tests.html?_r=1 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/education/29scores.html?hp http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/education/29scores.html?ref=education   Big story breaking today in New York Ci...Read More

  Some years ago, I asked a veteran kindergarten teacher, who had taught for many years in a rigorously academic gifted and talented program, what she thought children most needed to know by the beginning of first grade.  Her answer w...Read More

Hi folks.  Apologies in advance as this is a little departure from my usual posts.  Schoolnet is looking for input from teachers on teh design and usability of our products.  Our user experience team has put together an online usability test to solic...Read More

Following up on my recent post re: fears of increased cheating on high-stakes tests.... Today's New York Times includes an editorial that raises two important points about this phenomenon: 1. While the obvious inequity caused by teachers and school...Read More