Comments on: New York Testing Woes Continue, Another Question Rejected http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/new-york-testing-woes-continue-another-question-rejected/ Education News Fri, 17 May 2013 18:29:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: MyDegreeChoices News Movement Against Standardized Testing Gaining Strength | MyDegreeChoices News http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/new-york-testing-woes-continue-another-question-rejected/#comment-10014 MyDegreeChoices News Movement Against Standardized Testing Gaining Strength | MyDegreeChoices News Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:59:40 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=212686#comment-10014 [...] services to schools around the country, and has lately been subject to questions regarding the quality of its product and its business practices. Advocates of testing respond that a nation that invests $525 billion a [...] [...] services to schools around the country, and has lately been subject to questions regarding the quality of its product and its business practices. Advocates of testing respond that a nation that invests $525 billion a [...]

]]> By: MyDegreeChoices News At Charity Panel, Discussion on Future of Ed in New York | MyDegreeChoices News http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/new-york-testing-woes-continue-another-question-rejected/#comment-9866 MyDegreeChoices News At Charity Panel, Discussion on Future of Ed in New York | MyDegreeChoices News Sat, 09 Jun 2012 10:48:06 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=212686#comment-9866 [...] also addressed the controversy over this year’s nonsensical test questions, which drew scorn and opprobrium from anti-testing advocates, parents and the news [...] [...] also addressed the controversy over this year’s nonsensical test questions, which drew scorn and opprobrium from anti-testing advocates, parents and the news [...]

]]> By: New York Testing Woes Continue, Another Question Rejected | Renascence School International News Blog http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/new-york-testing-woes-continue-another-question-rejected/#comment-9063 New York Testing Woes Continue, Another Question Rejected | Renascence School International News Blog Tue, 08 May 2012 02:55:28 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=212686#comment-9063 [...] knowledge of the Pythagorean theorem — something not typically taught to fifth-graders.”(more)    Comments (0) Return to main news [...] [...] knowledge of the Pythagorean theorem — something not typically taught to fifth-graders.”(more)    Comments (0) Return to main news [...]

]]> By: Linda Brees http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/new-york-testing-woes-continue-another-question-rejected/#comment-9051 Linda Brees Mon, 07 May 2012 19:27:26 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=212686#comment-9051 Yes, it sucks when the people overseeing your shoddy work become a little more informed! That is so unfair how you can't pull wool around their eyes anymore. Yes, it sucks when the people overseeing your shoddy work become a little more informed! That is so unfair how you can’t pull wool around their eyes anymore.

]]> By: MattW http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/new-york-testing-woes-continue-another-question-rejected/#comment-9028 MattW Mon, 07 May 2012 14:51:07 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=212686#comment-9028 "Pearson is being unfairly attacked by people with their own agenda; that the scorn over the pineapple and the hare parable was more indicative of increased student access to social media than a sudden failure in testing standards." In other words Pearson is upset because now their testing methods are being exposed. Perhaps there should have been transparency from the beginning. “Pearson is being unfairly attacked by people with their own agenda; that the scorn over the pineapple and the hare parable was more indicative of increased student access to social media than a sudden failure in testing standards.”

In other words Pearson is upset because now their testing methods are being exposed. Perhaps there should have been transparency from the beginning.

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