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Category Archives: Testing
#NCED Updates: Reading Assessment tool battle continues, National and School Choice headlines
The first edition of NCED updates for 2020 includes an update on the battle over the state’s reading assessment tool, Istation, as well as several national headlines and school choice stories of note. Continue reading
Posted in Big Ed Complex, Common Core, EDUCATION, NC DPI, NC Ed Updates, School Choice, Testing
Tagged Amplify, Istation, Mark Johnson, Read to Achieve, School Choice
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Buncombe County teacher faces additional charges
A Buncombe County teacher originally arrested in November for sex acts with a student is now facing additional charges. Continue reading
Posted in CRIME, EDUCATION, LL1885, Testing
Tagged Buncombe County Public Schools, Keith William Grandy, Quiet Epidemic
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NC’s largest district is experimenting on some of its students with a “Social, Emotional and Behavioral” assessment
Has your child been swept up in the massive “social, emotional and behavioral” data collection effort by Wake County Public Schools? Continue reading
Posted in Big Ed Complex, EDUCATION, Parental Rights, Testing, Wake County School Board
Tagged BIMAS-2, Data collection, WCPSS
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2018-19 school scores show slight increases, state testing mostly stagnant or falling
School accountability and test results for 2018-19 were released earlier this month.
School A-F grades showed an increase in the number of low performing schools while End of Grade (EOG) and End of Course (EOC) were yet again mainly stagnant or falling. Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, LL1885, NC DPI, Testing
Tagged A-F Grading, EOG, NCDPI, School Accountability
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The College Board’s Elitist Roots
The College Board recently rolled out its ‘Adversity score’ system which is a score being sent to colleges without the consent of the test taker and of which is made up of 15 metrics chosen by The College Board from sources they won’t disclose.
This level of elitist ‘we know what’s best for you’ activity from The College Board shouldn’t surprise anyone given the organization’s history is rooted in elitism. Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, Parental Rights, Testing
Tagged Adversity Score, SAT, The College Board
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NC 2018 SAT Scores Rise Slightly Over Previous Year
North Carolina SAT exam participation rate and scores for 2018 graduates rose slightly over the previous year’s scores according to the latest results released by the College Board last week. Continue reading
NC Scores On Latest ACT Test Are Abysmal – #NCed
The latest round of ACT scores are out and North Carolina’s scores were abysmal with only around 18 percent of students meeting the ACT’s “college readiness” benchmarks in English, reading, math, and science. Continue reading
