A “balanced” standardized testing approach is a good thing
Update 5pm Friday, October 21, 2011: I just got a Google Alert to this Christian Science Monitor breaking news item that the United States Senate voted this afternoon to drop the provision in the No Child Left Behind law that required annual standardized testing improvements. That is a huge victory for all those who have seen the damage that the [...]
EQAO & issue of cheating re standardized tests
There were allegations that a principal with the Thames Valley District School Board (London, Ontario) unfairly opened an Ontario’s Education & Quality Accountability Office (EQAO) standardized testing package ahead of time so that teachers could prepare students. To read about the whole issue and the outcome of the investigation, check out Hugo’s blog at The Education Reporter. [...]
"Gifted" BC high school students tops on Advanced Placement test
Coming on the heels of the OECD International Tests on reading, mathematics and science last week, the fact that some BC high schools students continue to be the best in North America when it comes to completing the pre-university assessment — called the “Advanced Placement” (AP) — is a positive outcome. It is particularly positive [...]
Are 1 in 6 Canadians illiterate or 10th best readers in the world?
During the last year, we have been given conflicting information about how well Canadians can read. First to be released, in May of 2010, was a Statistics Canada report that claimed 1 in 6 Canadians were functionally illiterate or 14.6% of the 42% who were considered semi-illiterate. For specific information on those statistics, read this [...]
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