Posts Tagged ‘high school’
New Report Offers Clearest Picture Yet Of Pandemic Impact On Student Learning
Recent test data of 4.4 million US students positively shows online learning has had little impact on reading and has only somewhat slowed gains in math. Unfortunately, nearly 25% of students didn’t take the MAP test this year, and these students are “more likely to be black and brown, more likely to be from high-poverty schools and more likely to have lower performance in the first place.”
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Is There a Middle Path on Testing During the Pandemic?
So many schools have moved to remote learning leaving the implementation of testing requirements nearly impossible. Is this how testing returns through recovery?
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In This Issue: Stay Focused, Finals Tips & More
The December, 2020 issue of our newsletter can be found here.
How the SAT Failed America
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As reported by Forbes, it is an open secret that despite its many flaws, the SAT is a critical tool for the affluent because it is a gatekeeper to many colleges and, ultimately, success. But will the College Board’s inept management of the SAT during the pandemic have long-term consequences?
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