EA+749+Testing,+Measurement+&+Data+Analysis

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The Council of Chief State School Officers has published a [|guide to best testing practices]. (8/5/10)

10/5/10 The [|Daily Riff]web site regularly has items of interest for me. I thought this particular item would be of interest to you who teach EA 749.

August, 2010 - The [|Economic Policy Institute] published a report cautioning against the use of student test scores to evaluate teachers, including the "value-added method".

Nov. 2010 - As you know, two large consortia were awarded large sums of money by the US Dept. of Ed to create assessments that aline with the new Common Core Standards. [|Power Points] have been created to present information about the work of these consortia.

11/10 [|NAEP] shows promise according to this Ed Week article. However, Diane Ravitch contends 12th grade NAEP scores are meaningless.

12/29/10 This award-winning blog posts periodic "best of" lists. This particular blog lists and links to recent articles that provide balance to those that use the latest [|international test results] (e.g. PISA) to promote a reform agenda for public education in America.

1/7/11 Frederica Frost brought this You Tube video to our attention. It provides a very interesting example of the power of data when it can be visualized.

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1/13/11 Data Mining article in Education Week discusses an important aspect of the potential for collection of data in education.

1/24/11 I ran across this comprehensive list of links to data sources on a web site called Internet4Classrooms. There may be some specific links of use for EA 749, but simply scanning the list of resources makes an important point about the wealth of [|data sources] in general.

3/30/11 Phi Delta Kappa's EDge for March/April 2011 is titled "Moving Beyond Data, Practitioner-Led Inquiry Fosters Change".