Ignorance is Strength

wordpress is being weird, didn’t include post 10, so here it is.  10. http://lilacfrenzy.uniblogs.org/2007/10/23/too-much-technology-…really/#comments 

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1. http://carriek.uniblogs.org/2007/11/12/no-school-left-behind/#comment-12

2. http://wrightas.uniblogs.org/2007/09/24/racism-rears-his-head-in-louisianahow-can-students-respond/#comments
3. http://shembara.uniblogs.org/2007/11/12/looking-for-proof/#comment-10
4. http://wrightas.uniblogs.org/2007/10/23/more-jail-time-than-school-time/#comments
5. http://weathesh.uniblogs.org/2007/09/22/not-another-facebook/#comments
6. http://ebarsy.uniblogs.org/2007/10/07/sometimes-i-want-to-kill-someone/#comments
7. http://feuerdorn88.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/preschool-language-advantage/#comment-7
8. http://imgrundc.uniblogs.org/2007/11/25/bloodshed-in-bartlesville-figuratively-speaking/#comment-7
9. http://merp.uniblogs.org/2007/10/22/esl-suit/#respond

10. http://lilacfrenzy.uniblogs.org/2007/10/23/too-much-technology-…really/#comments 

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I feel that I have learned a good deal about the topic of standardized tests and how it relates to teaching writing. I think that throughout searching for and reading various articles I have got a good feel of how most teachers feel about standardized testing. I was a bit disappointed in the fact that the majority [...]

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Article
Carla Hammersley of Northport, a teacher of 15 years, was recently forced to resign due to a MEAP test violation. She did not give out any answers or prompts, but a committee of school board members found her guilty of the following:
• Providing information [...]

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Article 
The school district in Fayetteville Arkansas has decided to stop giving the Iowa Basic Skills Test to it’s students. This test was used to guage the performance of their 3rd through 8th graders. The students will continue to take the state test but will not be forced to take the two additional Iowa tests. Previously [...]

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I have a few links for the following post.
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The subject of all these articles is the MEAP retake. On October 9th and story ran in the Jackson Citizen Patriot that disclosed the writing topics for the 5th and 6th grade MEAP test. The state superindendent of Public Instruction Michael Flanagan, [...]

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How many of us, while taking a standardized test, have ever thought, “This is simply a waste of my time.” I know I have and I’m sure I’m not alone. Most of the time when we’re taking standardized tests we’re either trying to get through them as fast as possible or we’re thinking of other [...]

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This article is about elementary school teacher Kathryn Sihota, who refused to give her 3rd graders a standardized reading test. She refused to give this test based on her own personal beliefs about student evaluation. Her community has rallied behind her in support of her decision. Teachers and parents are backing up Kathryn’s decision with [...]

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For some people being told they have to spend an entire Friday evening and afternoon at a Shakespeare festival would be quite a drag. And I must admit that I was a bit hesitant about the whole situation, but I am extremely glad I went. It was an experience I have never had before. From [...]

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One of the major problems that many educators have with standardized testing is that fact that for a certain period of time in their class, what they are teaching is all about the test. It doesn’t matter if a teacher is in the middle of an amazing string of lessons or teaching and lecturing on [...]

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