Tag: NAEP

  • The Nation’s Report Card for Reading and Math: Will Dismal Results Bring More of the Same (higher stakes testing)?

    The Nation’s Report Card for Reading and Math: Will Dismal Results Bring More of the Same (higher stakes testing)?

    As Igor Stravinsky once said, good composers borrow; great composers steal. So, instead of writing my own setting of the stage, let me steal from my fine colleague and friend at Common Core, Lynne Munson: I challenge anyone to think of a nation that works as hard as we do to find silver linings in…

  • Test Obsession Anyone?

    Okay, you might argue that such a blog entry on the very day that NAEP reading results are released offers quite a skewed measure. I beg to differ. Nevertheless, take a look at the top Google new links for education news, today, May 20, 2010. Will historians write that Americans had become obsessed with test…

  • NAEP Arts 2008, Part Two: What do the headlines say?

    Just the fact that there are headlines, is of course, a good thing. It is interesting to see how this is being reported, particularly from the headline perspective. It’s an amazing statement on how this is being reported, which in turn raises great questions as to whether these reporters understand the issues, do any analysis,…

  • NAEP Arts Assessment Released

    It’s been eleven years since the last arts assessment from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the “Nation’s Report Card.” NAEP is also widely viewed as the gold standard of educational assessment. On Friday June 15th, the 2008 “Arts Report Card” was released. Before I get into anything else, I do have…

  • Education Secretary Lands Near Knockout Blow in First Round

    Okay, maybe it’s really the second round, as the first could be viewed as the education portion of the stimulus package. I’ve read a lot about Arne Duncan being a basketball player, but hadn’t heard much about him liking to mix it up.Yesterday Duncan spoke at a press conference in Maryland where he outlined what…