Former Education Sector intern Danny Rosenthal weighs in on the test-prep debate from his Houston high school:
Nearly 900,000 Texas high school students recently took the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, or TAKS. All of the state’s students must pass the test’s math, English, science, and social studies sections to get a high school diploma.
But [...]
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TAKS-ing Work
The Wire, Week Nine: Ain’t No Jukin’ It!
This week the writers ramped up the education subplot in a scene where Tilghman’s principal and vice principal order teachers to spend the next six weeks preparing students to take an upcoming standardized test. The word has come from downtown: Teachers are given test preparation materials and enjoined to drill students in how to [...]
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03/19/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on college graduation rates and the NCAA Tournament in the Detroit Free Press.
03/19/10 | Linda Perlstein links to Education Sector's "College- and Career-Ready" event.
03/17/10 | Ben Miller's column on graduation rates and NCAA Tournament eligibility is mentioned on The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Fix.
03/17/10 | Kevin Carey's critique of Diane Ravitch's latest book is quoted in Doublethink's Conventional Folly blog.
03/15/10 | Ben Miller pens an op-ed for US News & World Report on using graduation rates to determine NCAA Tournament eligibility.