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Want students to look worse? Change the cut scores.
In a must-read article explaining the politics behind cut scores on state-level tests, principal Carol Burris notes: In 2011, the College Board created a College Readiness index. It was a combined index of 1550, which only 43 percent of all SAT test takers achieved. You can find it here. Now add up New York’s chosen...
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December 7, 2020December 7, 2020by In Carol BurrislearningRelay Graduate School of Educationteacher educationTeacher Preparationteaching
The dignity of the learner comes in second to his or her compliance
Carol Burris says: [W]atch the Relay Graduate School of Education video entitled ‘[A Culture of Support]’ . . . . Go to the link and look for the title. In the video, the teacher barks commands and questions, often with the affect and speed of a drill sergeant. The questions concern the concept of a ‘character trait’...