Fragile Civilization, High Stakes
On Monday afternoon, 08-30-21, at about 1630 Mountain time, the lights went out in much of our medium-sized Wyoming town. …
Tag Archives: Mandatory High-Stakes Testing
Pearson And Woke Curriculum: Short Lived?
A long time ago, in a land, far, far away, local control of education was thought to be a good …
The Tyranny of Testing: Part 5, 2020
In the first four articles in this series (enter “the tyranny of testing 2020″ in the SMM homepage search bar) …
The Tyranny Of Testing: Part 4, 2020–UPDATED
In the first three installments of this series (enter “the tyranny of testing” into the SMM homepage search bar), I …
The Tyranny Of Testing: Part 3, 2020
In the first article of this series I explained the incredible amount of time lost to mandatory, high-stakes testing (and …
The Tyranny Of Testing: Part 2, 2020
As this is written/updated on March 21, 2020, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, due to the Coronavirus and mandatory, state …
The Tyranny Of Testing: Part 1, 2020
At the end of May, 2013, I began what would turn into a four part series on the problem of …
Lazy
I find myself in my final semester of a long teaching career, reflecting on two things: cynicism and laziness. Lily …
Really Reforming Education: What’s It Worth?
To those that have been paying attention, this should sound familiar:
STAAR Tests: Perverting Poetry
As regular readers know, I am not a fan of mandatory, high-stakes testing, which accomplishes virtually nothing, but makes up …
The Tyranny Of Testing, Part 4, 2019
In the first three installments of this series (enter “the tyranny of testing” into the SMM homepage search bar), I …
The Tyranny Of Testing, Part 2, 2019
In The Tyranny Of Testing 2018, Part 1, I focused on how mandatory, high stakes testing is destroying the canon, removing …
Reading: The Preservation Of Civilization
E-books vs. real books: aren’t e-books trendier and better? As regular readers know, I am not a fan of “technology” …
The Tyranny Of Testing 2018, Part 5
In the first four articles in this series–-available here, here, here and here–I explored many issues relating to mandatory, high stakes testing. However, I’ve yet …
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