Comments on: “It is too late to tweak NCLB” http://www.7-west.org/2009/06/09/it-is-too-late-to-tweak-nclb/ The Virginia General Assembly from the perspective of 7 West. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:25:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 By: Kris Amundson http://www.7-west.org/2009/06/09/it-is-too-late-to-tweak-nclb/comment-page-1/#comment-1983 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:22:17 +0000 http://www.7-west.org/?p=913#comment-1983 But for Ravitch to switch on this is really fairly monumental.

]]> By: Kris Amundson http://www.7-west.org/2009/06/09/it-is-too-late-to-tweak-nclb/comment-page-1/#comment-1982 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:21:58 +0000 http://www.7-west.org/?p=913#comment-1982 I’ve always said that there’s nothing wrong with teaching to the test if the test is worth teaching to. (AP and IB tests come to mind. SOL tests do not.)

]]> By: Tess Ailshire http://www.7-west.org/2009/06/09/it-is-too-late-to-tweak-nclb/comment-page-1/#comment-1981 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:24:37 +0000 http://www.7-west.org/?p=913#comment-1981 AND encouraging measurement of progress by performance on multiple-choice tests.

But when your teachers are not experts, what can you expect?

]]> By: Steve Vaughan http://www.7-west.org/2009/06/09/it-is-too-late-to-tweak-nclb/comment-page-1/#comment-1980 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:35:53 +0000 http://www.7-west.org/?p=913#comment-1980 As well as undercutting Virginia’s SoL’s, which are actually tougher standards.

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