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Federal grant comes with strings
As part of Glendale Unified's quest for millions in federal Race to the Top funds, district officials are in union negotiations over a big string attached to the money: using standardized student test scores to evaluate teachers. Much is as at stake...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Teachers, Students, School Examinations
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Gloucester assistant superintendent talks SAT scores
We checked in with Gloucester County Public School System Assistant Superintendent Chuck Wagner on this year's SAT scores, which climbed for Gloucester. The number of test-takers dropped this year, however. Here are the Daily Press questions and Wagner's...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Education
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Md. students see improvement on AP testing, drop in SAT results
Maryland high school students posted lower marks last year on the SATs but saw increases in Advanced Placement college exam participation and results, according to data released on Monday by the College Board. The state's test takers during the 2011-2012...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Schools, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, Renee Foose
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Gloucester SAT scores climb in 2012
Here are the 2012 Gloucester SAT scores, with an added bonus of last year's scores for comparison purposes. The results show that fewer Gloucester students took the SAT test this year, but scores climbed. The Gloucester test takers were slightly under...Tags: Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, Education
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Kansas students score higher on SAT exam
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas students are outpacing the national average on the SAT college-entrance exam. The state's Department of Education said Monday that scores increased in all content areas in 2012. The biggest increase was in reading, where...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Students, Education
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Newspaper: Cheating complaints glossed over
ATLANTA (AP) -- School administrators and state education officials across the country — Michigan included — have received complaints about cheating on standardized tests echoing those in Atlanta, but authorities often treat them as...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Newspaper and Magazine, Teachers, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Abraham Lincoln
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Apodaca: Trying to find the balance between academic learning and building character
Trends in education come and go, and sometimes come back again. Straight from the everything-old-becomes-new-again department comes a theme that's generating attention at the moment. It's a bit squiggly to grasp — think: eating Jell-O with a fork...Tags: Human Interest, Authors, Teaching and Learning, Standardized Testing, Chicago Teachers Strike
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UPJ SAT Super Series
Registrations are now being accepted for the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown’s SAT Super Series, an academic review for the SAT. The SAT Super Series helps remove the mystery behind the SAT exam and better prepares students for exam day....Tags: Science and Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Teaching and Learning, Mathematics, Education
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Alonso stands on the side of finding the truth about cheating
Baltimore schools CEO Andrés Alonso is right to bring in outside experts to determine whether some of the city's recent test scores were tainted by cheating. The issue of integrity in school test results is paramount in Baltimore, given the district's...
Tags: Unions, Teaching and Learning, Washington, DC, Corporate Officers, Career and Workplace
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Preparing for the GRE
Last week, I downloaded a free GRE practice test and a smartphone application for on-the-go studying. As both items finished downloading, I recalled the comment that one of my favorite professors made about the GRE. "Taking the GRE is basically...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education
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Pasadena schools improving on exit exams, gap looms for some minority students
Students at Pasadena public high schools are improving their performance on exams required for graduation, but success rates for black and Latino students continue to lag behind white and Asian American students. In the 2011-12 school year, 82% of...
Tags: Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Students, School Examinations
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88% pass high school exit exam
A majority of Newport-Mesa Unified sophomores passed the statewide high school exit exam last year, according to data released Wednesday. Eighty-eight percent of local sophomores who took the California High School Exit Exam, or CAHSEE, passed. That puts...Tags: Science and Technology, Landforms, Teaching and Learning, Mountains, Students
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|Column| Daily American
Aug 22, 2012
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Aug 22, 2012
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