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Teachers of Garfield High School in Seattle Say No! « Diane Ravitch’s blog
A school actually said NO to MAP’s testing. What I didn’t realize was the makers of the test actually say their test should NOT be used as a tool to evaluate teachers.
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Nate Silver on Using Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers [SLIDE] – The Tempered Radical
Part of the Nate Silver statements on using test scores to evaluate teachers, commentary by Bill Ferriter.
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Revisiting a 90-year-old debate: the advantages of the mean deviation
Why does the 7th grade Stats standards call for Mean Absolute Variation? This article lays out the reasoning for using MAD over SD. Makes sense, especially for 7th graders.
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I stumbled across this site before, and rediscovered it this week. I really like the idea and the content found in these documents. I absolutely want to contribute and steal from them, especially given the new CCSS demands.
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My favorite math comics from xkcd! | Math Comics | Math Fail
Math Fail’s favorite XKCD comics. Have to say several of these are hanging in my room.
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JetPens.com – Japanese Pens and Stationery
One of my passions / obsessions is pens. I have been using the same 3 pens now for 20 years and have even sent pens in for repairs. This place rocks for pens.
- The notebooks I would buy from the mall across the street put to shame most specialty paper stores in the U.S. Well, at least now I don’t have to go to Kinokuniya every time I need a Pilot Hi-Tec C 0.3 Blue-Black. – post by akatsuki
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The Innovative Educator: Public ed is only a right for the compliant
An interesting summary about a learner who was kicked out of a charter school for refusing to take a test based on health concerns.
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Elite schools shifting to a homeschool model | Penelope Trunk Homeschooling
An article that explains elite private high schools are shifting to a homeschool model.
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The Innovative Educator: Why no school is the best school if you can’t afford an independent school
I have been thinking about something I read and lost that said the US has 2 educational systems, public and private. This article is in that thread.
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99 different (at least 99) slides for education from Scott McLeod of Dangerously Irrelevant.