Comments on: New Talk http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/01/new-talk.html Education News, Analysis, and Commentary Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:00:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Lexia http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/01/new-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-20615 Lexia Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:42:44 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/wordpress/2008/01/new-talk.html#comment-20615 Very good site, greate content !!, Very good site, greate content !!,

]]> By: GGW http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/01/new-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-337 GGW Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:14:00 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/wordpress/2008/01/new-talk.html#comment-337 Lots about "so much testing." I don't get it. Maybe Massachusetts is an outlier. Our 10th graders have less than 10 hours per year of MCAS, out of 1,000+ hours of school. Less than 1%. <br/><br/>Half the grades (K, 1, 2, 9, 11, 12) in MA don't even take MCAS. <br/><br/>Ravitch and Finn seem to agree that national standards and assessments (Ravitch=feds; Finn=opt-in created by Achieve et al) are the way to go. Lots about “so much testing.” I don’t get it. Maybe Massachusetts is an outlier. Our 10th graders have less than 10 hours per year of MCAS, out of 1,000+ hours of school. Less than 1%.

Half the grades (K, 1, 2, 9, 11, 12) in MA don’t even take MCAS.

Ravitch and Finn seem to agree that national standards and assessments (Ravitch=feds; Finn=opt-in created by Achieve et al) are the way to go.

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