By Rebecca Fagge Testing is expected as part of education. Important questions remain unanswered concerning testing in NC public schools. NC policymakers need to ... Keep Reading
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How to Reform Testing (Part II)
In Part I, we discussed why parents, teachers and the public in general think schools do too much testing. After all, the average public school student will take 18 standardized ... Keep Reading
School Testing Must Be Reined In – Part I
If you want to find an education issue where there seems to be universal agreement in North Carolina, talk about testing. Most everyone agrees we subject our kids to too much of ... Keep Reading
NC SAT scores fail to improve — again.
Scores of the North Carolina students on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) exam declined slightly from last year, according to a press release from the Department of Public ... Keep Reading
Testing bill raises lots of questions
A bill (SB-114) to remove all state tests but those required by the federal government was passed by the Senate today and will now go to Gov. Perdue's desk for her ... Keep Reading
ABC scores and graduation rates: reading the numbers
Yesterday was a big day for those who watch the progress of public education in North Carolina. The Department of Public Instruction released the results of the annual ABC tests ... Keep Reading
