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...
View ArticleMaggie Hassan Trades One Crap Sandwich for Another
New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan signed HB 323 into law which allows individual school districts replace Smarter Balanced with the College Board’s SAT. *Yay* You know the same SAT that David...
View ArticleBlame 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleWe 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...
View ArticleBeware, 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleStudents 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...
View ArticleStudent 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...
View ArticleDo 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...
View ArticleCommon 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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