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"Handwritten essays can be shipped overnight to India, where they are transcribed at very low cost--with automated scores still returning to the teacher within a day! (Such transcription work was undoubtedly performed by some of the non-PhD caste in India."

—Jo Scott-Coe, on ATP Innovations in Testing conference, 2005

NCLB Outrages

State High-School Exit Tests Do Not Improve Academic Achievement, Study Finds
Send this to every politico you can think of. Send it to your union--and demand they organize activism against high stakes testing. Use this information to break the ...
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INDEX OF NCLB OUTRAGES

The Eggplant

Missing Disaster Files
WASHINGTON â?? The Bush administration has not found disaster backup files for White House e-mails from a three-month period in 2003, according to court documents filed this week, raising th...
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NCLB In Your Face

When Childhood Collides with NCLB
by Susan Ohanian From Part 3: Spring Students Children emerge...
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Yahoo, Good News!

Former Essex Junction student returns bearing gifts
What a remarkable way to say thank you. Surely every teacher who reads this is grinning broadly.

By Matt Ryan

ESSEX JUNCTION -- Mary-Ann Parizo r...
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INDEX OF YAHOO, GOOD NEWS!

Outrage of the Day

Teachers, Testing, & Civil Disobedience

Note:Teacher Leaders Network, is part of Center for Teaching Quality.
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INDEX OF OUTRAGES OF THE DAY

Commentaries

Why I took a stand against WASL and why the state should abandon it
from the Seattle Times, May 8, 2008.

A remarkable teacher explains his ...
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INDEX OF COMMENTARIES

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In The News

Doug Christensen to Appear on Room 101: Tune In
Kudos to Nebraska teacher Michael Baker, definitely a teacher who's making a difference. Longtime Nebraska Social Studies teacher Michael Baker hosts a ...
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INDEX OF NEWS ITEMS

Resisters' Letters

To Doug Christensen
Dear Doug Christensen:

I don't think e-mails are a very good means of conveying heartfelt thanks, but I am opting to do that nonetheless. Our Coalition for Better Education, Inc. (www.the...
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INDEX OF LETTERS

Outrages

Despite high school algebra focus, more students need remedial college math
Maybe this proves that "getting through" a course isn't the same as learning anything. Plenty of students get through AP calculus, passing the exam, only to find out they need to...
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INDEX OF FEATURED OUTRAGES

Sarah's Notes

Baaaaccckkkk To School
Ohanian Comment: For a glorious combination of sound and sight and wonderful teaching, read A Day in the Life for Septemb...
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INDEX OF SARAH'S NOTES

Stupid Test Items

California History-Social Science Standards Test
A student teacher comments: The correct answer was a). That the word relocated in a question could possibly be paired with an answer that has freedom in it is a...
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Research that Counts

What Research Says About... / Grade Retention
Retention is a topic on which Standardistos will do what they please, research be damned. In this new column, Jane L. David shares with readers what research ...
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INDEX OF RESEARCH THAT COUNTS

Special Needs Commentary

More about Murray's Articles

Charles Murray's articles have provoked numerous responses most of which state that measuring IQ is not an exa...
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INDEX OF SPECIAL NEEDS COMMENTARIES

Special Needs News

Students, teachers weigh in, as 'Left Behind' up for renewal

Kay's Comment: So many issues to debate and so little agreement on any of them ... Perhaps NCLB should not be reauthorized just because it has raised so many questi...
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INDEX OF SPECIAL NEEDS NEWS

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Phi Delta Kappan is the the most important professional journal for education, bar none. It addresses policy issues for educators at all levels, providing a forum for debate on controvers...
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WOO News

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Ohanian Comment: The hometown newspaper that has studiously ignored the WOO finally pays tribute to accomplishment. On July 29, The WOO held its 2006 GED Graduation & St...
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