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Articles: Testing

The United States Receives Average Rankings from PISA

News Update
The United States remained just average in reading and science, while lagging a bit in mathematics, according to the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Jan 2011
Tags: 
global competition
PISA
reading
science

A Call for Technology Leadership

Feature
New recommendations urge every superintendent to have a technology strategy—or risk falling behind.
Ron Schachter
District Administration, Nov 2010
Tags: 
assessment
CoSN
NCLB
superintendents

Mobile Technologies and Mobile Learning

Going Mobile
Could they be the hope and future of education in America?
Cathleen Norris and Elliot Soloway
District Administration, Nov 2010
Tags: 
21st-century learning
smartphones

Longer School Year Helps Turn the Tide

District Profile
Balsz (Ariz.) Elementary School District, the first school district in Arizona to adopt a 200-day calendar, is reporting impressive academic improvements after only one year.
Mary Johnson Patt
District Administration, Oct 2010
Tags: 
achievement gap
global competition
grants
salary

Admission Tests Produce Inaccurate Data when Measuring Student Achievement

News Update
States using college admission tests such as the SAT or ACT for measuring achievement of state learning standards are being cautioned to rethink using tests in this manner.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Oct 2010
Tags: 
college readiness
Common Core
high-stakes
NCLB

The Price of a Good Education

Feature
Do per-pupil expenditures equal school success?
Ron Schachter
District Administration, Oct 2010
Tags: 
assessment
budgets
salary
superintendents
teacher

Two Consortia of States Win Race to the Top Funds

Inside The Law
The U.S. Department of Education has earmarked $350 million in Race to the Top grants for states to develop new assessments for the Common Core Standards.
KeriLee Horan
District Administration, Sep 2010
Tags: 
assessment
consortium
grants
Race to the Top

Gearing Up for the New Assessment

Feature
The next generation of standardized testing will focus on critical thinking skills.
Ed Finkel
District Administration, Jul 2010
Tags: 
assessments
funding
NCLB
student achievement

Reforms Aplenty

From the Editor
In just one year, there have been more education reforms proposed and enacted than in the preceding decade.
Judy Faust Hartnett
District Administration, Jul 2010
Tags: 
NCLB
teacher evaluation

Are We Creating An AP Bubble?

Student Counsel
What's behind the explosive growth of Advanced Placement?
Christopher Griffin
District Administration, Apr 2010
Tags: 
assessments
college readiness

Despite the Headlines, College Acceptance Is Not More Competitive

News Update
The perception that a college applicant faces more challenges each year may be nothing more than mere myth, according to new study.
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Mar 2010
Tags: 
assessment
college readiness

ACT Sets New Goals for College Readiness

News Update
High school students missing core benchmarks, according to ACT test scores
Marion Herbert
District Administration, Jan 2010
Tags: 
college readiness

Trouble in Paradise

District Profile
Hawaii’s district takes back restructuring effort from private ed firms.
Alan Dessoff
District Administration, Jan 2010
Tags: 
NCLB
privatized

X-FACTOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT GRANT: The Winner

Feature
Freshly baked cookies will be the end product of a cross-curricular financial education project.
Angela Pascopella
District Administration, Jan 2009

The Future of Testing

Professional Opinion
Addressing the effects of NCLB and resolving issues of quality and fairness
John Oswald
District Administration, Aug 2008
Tags: 
NCLB
21st-century learning
assessment

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