Testing Reform in the News -- June 28 - July 3 , 2012
Good reading about progress and challenges for Independence Day . . . and beyond
High-Stakes Testing Resistance Spreads
http://www.thebradentontimes.com/news/2012/06/30/schools_and_education/high_stakes_testing_resistance_spreads_across_florida/
Testing Mandates Flunk Cost-Benefit Analysis
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/testing-mandates-flunk-cost-benefit-analysis/2012/06/30/gJQACqfsDW_blog.html
Big City Pols "Spin" Test Results to Serve Political Agendas
http://shankerblog.org/?p=6152#more-6152
1100 NY College Professors Sign Petition Against Excessive Testing
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/28/1100-new-york-college-pro_n_1635687.html?utm_hp_ref=education
Texas Business Leaders Accuse Educators of Scaring Moms About Tests -- aka The Other Side is Getting Scared
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/texas-business-leaders-accuse-educators-of-scaring-mom-about-standardized-tests/2012/06/28/gJQAKbCO8V_blog.html
Texas Workforce Commissioner Says State Tests Hurts Educational Quality and Job Skills
http://smmercury.com/2012/06/28/workforce-commissioner-staar-testing-system-badly-broken/
Timed Tests and the Development of Math Anxiety
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/07/03/36boaler.h31.html
New Elementary School Test for "College Readiness"
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120702/NEWS0105/307020098/ACT-launches-new-testing-tool-determine-students-ready-college
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