Joanne Jacobs
Test scores don’t predict life outcomes
How do we measure a school’s success? School of choice that raise reading and math scores don’t always improve later outcomes, such as...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 28, 2018
- 2 min
SAT/ACT may replace state test in California
California may let schools replace 11th-grade Smarter Balanced tests with the SAT or ACT, reports CALmatters’ Felicia Mello. That might...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 27, 2018
- 2 min
What’s proficient? It’s every state for itself
Once upon a time, 45 states adopted Common Core standards and exams — either the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 12, 2018
- 1 min
Who’s college ready? Let’s find out
States vow to graduate students who are college- and career-ready but have no idea if they’re succeeding, writes Checker Finn. The...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 23, 2018
- 1 min
To get to equity, teach ’em to read
Kate Walsh of the National Council on Teacher Quality is tired of apologizing for her “narrow-minded” focus on academic goals as the way...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 23, 2018
- 2 min
Test-optional is not an equalizer
Test-optional college admissions tilts the playing field just a little bit more, writes Kelly Ochs Rosinger, a Penn education professor,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 19, 2018
- 1 min
Help wanted: Need master’s in janitorial science
sheepskin effect” requires a master’s degree. “If trends continue, by 2025 we will be offering master’s degrees in janitorial science.”...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 28, 2017
- 2 min
Remediation called ‘segregation machine’
Community college placement tests create a “segregation machine,” pushing Latinos and blacks to dead-end remedial courses, a professor...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 28, 2017
- 2 min
Atlanta’s cheated students
Ten years later after the Atlanta cheating scandal broke, “educators continue to fight to clear their names and the district attempts to...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 27, 2017
- 1 min
Testing empowers parents
Testing enables social justice, argues Keri Rodrigues, founder and CEO of Massachusetts Parents United in CommonWealth Magazine. Minority...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 25, 2017
- 1 min
Study: Teacher bonuses raise results
Teacher performance pay is linked to a slightly better math and reading results in a new federal study reports Liana Loewus in Education...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 8, 2017
- 2 min
Why test scores matter
Standardized test scores matter, writes Ryan Williams-Virden, dean of students at Minneapolis’ Hiawatha Collegiate High School, on...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 7, 2017
- 2 min
If at first you fail the test …
When students are allowed to retake tests for a better grade, what do they learn? Julie Scagell, a Minnesota mother, wonders if her...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 21, 2017
- 2 min
What’s proficient? Illinois sets high bar
To be considered “proficient,” Illinois juniors will have to “earn a higher score on the SAT than the one that’s correlated with college...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 25, 2017
- 2 min
Farewell to the exit exam
As states try to boost high school graduation rates, exit exams are losing favor. “In 2013-14, some 24 states had an exit exam or...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 27, 2017
- 1 min
SAT: 46% are ready for college
Scores are up on the redesigned SAT, reports Education Week‘s Catherine Gewertz. That doesn’t mean students are better prepared:...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 5, 2017
- 2 min
‘Freshman year for free’ is here
Free college is a reality — not just a campaign promise — writes Steve Klinsky, founder and CEO of the Modern States Education Alliance,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 30, 2017
- 1 min
What if everyone gets extra time on SAT?
Many more students are getting extra time to complete the SAT, primarily due to learning disability diagnoses. Is the SAT still valid?,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 28, 2017
- 2 min
Enough with Wobegon: Racial gaps are huge
Every year, Minnesotans laud the excellent test scores for white students and ignore or excuse the dreadful scores for non-whites, writes...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 24, 2017
- 1 min
Cal State set to drop placement tests
California State University, which recruits from the top third of California graduates, plans to stop using placement tests to decide...
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