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NY Students Ousted for
Stats? - Thousands of struggling students were discharged by high
school administrators more concerned about their own job evaluations
than the students' futures, say some public officials and children's
New List of Over 700 Colleges
that Deemphasize the SAT and ACT in Admissions: A list of more than
700 accredited, bachelor degree-granting institutions which do not use
the SAT I or ACT to make admissions decisions about substantial
numbers of freshman applicants is posted on the web at
http://www.fairtest.org/optinit.htm in both state-by-state and
alphabetical order. Printed copies may be obtained by sending a
stamped, self-addressed, business-size envelope to FairTest, 342
Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139. For further information contact Bob
Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 or
The Special Ed
Dilemma - Advocates say holding
special ed kids to the same standards as everybody else is a step
forward, but critics say it makes no sense. It produces dumbfounded
stares and sighs of frustration. Yes, special education students now
have to take regular tests. And the kicker? They are expected to do
just as well as students without the same problems.
Schools" on the Rise - For children of Asian descent growing up
in and around New York City, cram schools are a part of life. Starting
in the third grade and continuing through high school, hundreds of
students drag themselves to these private tutoring classes, long a
tradition in the Far East, day after day, after school, on weekends
and over the summer. Now, growing numbers of non-Asian parents are
enrolling their children in the schools. [Source: PEN]
Putting Students to a Big Test - New Prince George's County
schools chief André J. Hornsby will require students in the eighth and
ninth grades to take the PSAT, a national test designed for
eleventh-graders preparing for the SAT college-entrance exam. [Source]
- Shae Kunz cringes with guilt and frustration every time she
thinks about her 11-year-old son's struggles with literacy and the
misdiagnoses that left him drugged and reading below grade level while
his peers passed him by.
into FCAT complaints - An arm of the U.S. Department of
Education is investigating multiple complaints that the state's
testing system discriminates against Florida's disabled students.
Ed Yes! Report
Cards Still Planned for September -
Problems with a contractor developing a new database for Michigan
Educational Assessment Program test scores has delayed release of
those scores, but the Department of Education is still aiming at
having report cards under the new Education YES! accreditation system
to schools by mid-September, officials said Tuesday.
Fear of failure leads to FCAT rebellion -
Test's critics blame the system;
Parents are picketing, students are walking out of class
and civic leaders are conjuring a wide-ranging boycott -- all
decrying a statewide test in a protest that some of its own
leaders fear is grossly misunderstood.
Real MCAS rates cause for worry, not celebration
- As graduation time approaches, news about MCAS testing seems
reassuring. After four rounds of re-tests, the Department of
Education says 91% of all seniors will receive a diploma. If
only reality were so rosy. The problem is this: MCAS pass rates
fail to include students from the Class of 2003 who haven't
survived to the twelfth grade.
Reaching a "100% pass rate" is possible if we lose more students
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