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73Authentic Assessment | Performance Assessment
Authentic assessment is the evaluation of students or student work taken from actual learning activities. It can take the form of anecdotal records, portfolios, formal and informal observation, and examination of student work. All of these methods allow the student to learn while the assessment is taking place.
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74Activity-based Learning
Activity-based learning is the acquirement of schematic concepts through activities that involve the task or concept to be learned. The old 4-H motto “learn to do by doing” sums up this approach.
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65The Trouble With High Stakes Testing and NCLB
The discussion concerning high-stakes testing is a controversial one with many educational organizations adopting positions which are, to varying degrees, opposed to their current implementation. At the heart of these position statements is the goal...
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80No Child Left Behind Nonsense
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) movement has forced standardized testing on American schools as a school improvement reform initiative. Why is it so flawed? Read and find out the ugly truth.
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72What Is Wrong With Education in America Today
What is wrong with education in America today? A look at the standardized test issue is all you need to look at to see what the answer to this question is.
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56Looking for an Education
How did we get to this place? Where are we going? What changes are going to happen?
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91Trapped Inside the Bubble of High-Stakes Standardized Testing
Many American parents are unaware of the negative impact high-stakes standardized testing has on our children and public schools. Be informed and take action to save our schools.
15 comments73Does School Reform Need To Be Reformed?
The fallacy of school reform is seen every day in schools all across America. Schools teach to the standardized test and ignore core subjects in order to succeed at No Child Left Behind's NCLB mandates. What can be done?
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57Blender Granola and the Observer
Good morning breakfastpoppers. Today is Thurday, September 29, 2011. Scotty, the Observer and our dear friend from outer space, has been examining our education system and he is saddened by what he has seen. He has asked us to prepare a boatload of...
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55From the One Room School House to NCLB: Policy Changes, Barriers Don't
The educational policies today do have more mechanisms that encourage and support implementation than in years past. Certain issues regarding race and the implementation of the policies have come together. For...
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