TAKS
Because they don’t like it
Rejection of math textbook sparks debate on state board’s authority | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News The state Board of Education’s unusual decision to reject a math textbook used by Dallas and 70 other Texas school districts has evolved into a power struggle over the approval of classroom materials [...]
Teaching them to think right
MySA.com: Metro | State Writing research papers with citations, explaining plate tectonics and probing why historians have competing versions of the past. Such high level skills could become part of the statewide K-12 public school curriculum if state education officials adopt a draft of college readiness standards released Thursday by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating [...]
Teaching them to think right
Originally posted at TexasEd MySA.com: Metro | State Writing research papers with citations, explaining plate tectonics and probing why historians have competing versions of the past. Such high level skills could become part of the statewide K-12 public school curriculum if state education officials adopt a draft of college readiness standards released Thursday by the [...]
Who’s cheating now?
Remember all the controversy around TAKS scores and the Caveon analysis about possible cheating in 2006? Everybody Does It / Academic cheating is at an all-time high. Can anything be done to stop it? It used to be that cheating was done by the few, and most often they were the weaker students who couldn’t [...]
Unintended Consequences
Pleasanton ISD, Texas Our Mission Statement The mission of the Pleasanton ISD as an educational community is to ensure a quality public education through learning, unity, and pride, fully preparing all students for the future. So does the district accomplish it’s mission by having students do well on the TAKS? The reason I ask is [...]
Who will be cheating now?
If you think there is cheating with the TAKS exam now, wait until you have end of the course exams. End-of-course tests go to Perry | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas Southwest In addition to determining whether a student graduates, the new exams also would count 15 percent toward the [...]
An argument for education reform?
MySA.com: Metro | State Lindsey Fernandez, a senior at Natalia High School, said she felt like an outsider when told she wouldn’t be allowed to graduate with the rest of her classmates because she failed the TAKS science portion. “Graduation is a big part of my life,” said Fernandez, a self-described “A” and “B” student. [...]
Race matters
I don’t know what to think about this. School separates races for TAKS talk | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle: Administrators at a Katy school are facing criticism from parents after holding separate assemblies for black, white and Hispanic students to address low scores on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test. The assemblies at [...]
Parental concern
The article’s various titles definitely uses the word “parents” suggesting more than one parent. Parents call for one way to rate U.S. schools: Many parents and educators are confused by conflicting U.S., Texas rankings However, only one parent is even mentioned: Parents call for one way to rate U.S. schools: Tiffany Davis thought she had [...]
Whose side is he on?
Star Community Newspapers: Outdoor education in the form of a week long camp is no longer a part of the curriculum for fifth graders in the Lewisville school district.The board voted Wednesday night to discontinue fifth grade overnight camp and to look at other options for outdoor education utilizing the LISD Outdoor Learning Academy or [...]