SXSWedu Tackles High-Stakes Testing

How can student assessment be weaned away from an antiquated system?

"...time inventory tracking, but schools are still using one-off, high-stakes tests to track achievement...."

March 12, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Testing, Testing...

Private Tutoring Companies Score Big on SAT

"...companies are just part of the classism pervading the testing game, both The Princeton Review and Kaplan do community..."

Nov. 28, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

High School Stakes

Austin ISD election could shape a new direction for the district

"...ago, just as the campus was caught in a testing scandal; a campus that had been 50% transfer students..."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Brooklyn Castle

"...Set against a backdrop of deep budget cuts and high-stakes testing, this story makes an eloquent plea for the..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Movie Review by Nora Ankrum

The TAKS Is Dead! Long Live the TAKS!

Students continue to cram for slow-to-expire high-stakes tests

"...killed the exit-level TAKS in May – thinks the high-stakes testing system is bad for the kids. But TAKS..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature by Michael May

Here Today, There Tomorrow

Austin ISD Schools grapple with high student turnover – and all its consequences

"...is something that many parents find troublesome in the high-stakes, accountability-based environment of today's schools. Among the litany of..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

There They Go ... Here They Come Again

A no-drama session ends – will a high-drama special follow?

"...high school graduation system. It dumps the current "4×4" testing regimen and replaces it with the foundation plan, whereby..."

May 31, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Smartest Kids in the Room

Hint: It may not be the AISD board of trustees

"...Between budget cuts and the unrelenting anti-intellectualism of standardized testing, there is no place for skills like rhetoric and..."

April 29, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Life and Death of Schools

Educational warrior Diane Ravitch takes on the "school reform" movement

"...two decades – from No Child Left Behind to high-stakes testing and the ongoing, bipartisan, national love affair with..."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Declaration of Independence

Zavala Elementary and Principal Sean Fox are succeeding at going their own way

"...the fed­eral Department of Education, everything looks great, and pro-testing groups like the Texas Small Busi­ness Association and the..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: Loose Cannons and Contraception

Planned Parenthood debate rages on; gun violence takes more lives

"...• Testing Times for Texas Schools: Texas Commissioner of Education Michael..."

Oct. 5, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Perry Signs Education Bill: Now What?

Gov signs off on HB5 after veto speculation

"...for Meaningful Student Assessment – which has campaigned against high-stakes testing – was jubilant at the signing of HB5...."

June 10, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bill of the Week: Down With Tests, Up With Standards?

Bipartisan starting point for school graduation reform

"...[EOC] tests from 15 to three – Prevents end-of-course testing to be used in class rank and college admission..."

Jan. 26, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Education: 'It's Time To Be Innovative'

Something everyone can agree on: digital classrooms

"...of money for technology in education seems to be high-stakes testing, and that controversy unavoidably reached even the keynote..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Perils of Big Data

The up- and downsides of student information collection

"...gaming software firm GlassLab argues that the concentration on high-stakes testing, and the data that it collects, actually is..."

March 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Voucher Creep?

Appointment of Texas Association of Business President Bill Hammond to state Task Force on Test Security raises eyebrows and red flags

"...Hammond serving on the five-member committee charged with investigating testing irregularities at a number of school campuses across the..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Taking the TAKS Is Hard … Understanding the Results Is Harder

Austin ISD scores better -- we think

"...The confusing world of high-stakes testing just got more confusing for Austin parents. On..."

March 4, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Too much testing, not enough learning, says legislator

"..."It's not acceptable to turn our schools into testing centers, and forget that they're supposed to be learning..."

March 4, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

"...• Education Austin launched a campaign against excessive testing at a news conference in front of Linder Elementary..."

Oct. 12, 2007 News Feature

Who Follows Torres?

Cowan vs. Flanagan in AISD District 4

"...also worked with the Austin Council of PTAs and anti-high-stakes testing organization Texans Advo­cat­ing for Meaningful Student Assess­ment. That's..."

Oct. 17, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Local Democrats Take Another Shot at Education Board

Third time's a charm?

"...to project-based learning, a pushback to the overemphasis on high-stakes and often superficial standardized testing, which she considers an..."

Sept. 30, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Alamo Schools Letter

Superintendent's letter remembers the Alamo

"...Perry. I have sustained a continual Bombardment of increased high-stakes testing and accountability-related bureaucracy and a cannonade of gross..."

March 4, 2011 News Feature

Abbott's STAAR Idea

Gubernatorial hopefuls battle it out over education plans

"...Fans of standardized testing are thin on the ground in Texas. That was..."

April 18, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSWedu: Diane Ravitch Will Take the Stage

Leading testing critic joins Teach for America, NCLB architects

"...name has been on top of every high stakes testing and "education reform" opponents wishlist for SXSW since day..."

Nov. 20, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lowdown

"...with his executive order, sent out a statement Monday protesting efforts to lump her in with the vaccine supporters...."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Column

Meet “Lone Star Governance,” the Model Austin ISD Must Now Operate Under

Testing, testing, testing

"...that people don't want to put their faith in high-stakes standardized testing. But again, Morath, who is appointed by..."

Nov. 24, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSWedu: Diverse But Optimistic Viewpoints

What's the secret to fixing a broken system?

"...it is that education is somehow broken. Too much testing, too little love of learning, too little investment, too..."

March 8, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rebecca Mieliwocki: Making Teaching Joyous

The National Teacher of the Year becomes an accidental spokesperson

"...joy into the classroom when the fear of drill-and-kill testing is breaking school spirits? She calls for perspective on..."

March 1, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...House, gubernatorial candidate Chris Bell continued his criticism of high-stakes testing in public schools Wednesday, but he might as..."

June 2, 2006 News Feature

Making Ends Meet

The new AISD budget hurts, but less than in past years

"...force, argued that AISD especially needed more counselors because high-stakes testing pulled many away from mental health services and..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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