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Blame the Textbooks for Poor Common Core Implementation!
Gates funds the standards, funds reviews of the standards, and now funds reviews of the textbooks.Photo credit: World Economic Forum (CC-By-SA 2.0) EdReports.org reviewed five high Common Core-aligned...
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The Destructive Capacity of David Coleman
David Coleman announces the SAT redesign. Since Common Core architect David Coleman took over as president of the College Board, the scandals or at least embarrassments have come fast and furious (see...
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We Don’t Want Betsy DeVos Banning Curriculum
I just received this email from a reader and I wanted to use it as a teachable moment. It read in part… “Can Mrs. Devos work quickly to do something with the AP History for high school seniors? There...
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Beware, SAT Season is Here
Many school districts in the state of Washington administer the SAT to all of their 10th or 11th grade students. School districts in other states may do the same. Check your school and district...
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What The College Board Does With Data Collected From PSAT & SAT
College Board President David Coleman announces the SAT redesign. In schools all over the country, middle and high school students will soon take PSAT and SAT assessments. I’m a parent and after my...
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Students Want College Board to Rescore June SAT Results
After David Coleman took the helm of The College Board it just seems like they’ve had one controversy after another whether it is the revamping of the SAT or problems with their AP U.S. History and...
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Student Data For Sale
Natasha Singer in The New York Times wrote about how student data collected by the College Board through surveys connected with the SAT and PSAT. I wanted to highlight an excerpt: Three thousand high...
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Do Advanced Placement Classes Help Students?
Photo Credit: J. Sanna (CC-By-2.0) More students are taking Advanced Placement (AP), and more students are failing as a result as well, but some question whether taking AP helps students when they get...
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Common Core Collaborators
Photo Credit: J. Sanna (CC-By-2.0) Richard P. Phelps at the Nonpartisan Education Review provides an excellent resource. They offer five articles that provide a historical, financial and media analyses...
View ArticleIndoctrination in the SAT
Ann Marie Banfield: When the College Board hired a political operative as their President, that brought with it the possibility of more politicization and indoctrination. The post Indoctrination in the...
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