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Balanced Assessments: Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater!

January 19th, 2012 · Comments Off on Balanced Assessments: Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater!

Angela Dye’s Response to: “The Loss of Academic Freedom” Written By: Peter DeWitt (12/30/2011) http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2011/12/the_loss_of_academic_freedom.html My grandmother says, “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater!” Peter, I believe this is at the heart of your post. Balance… keeping what works while getting rid of what doesn’t! We are in a season where […]

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Changes to NCLB Still Require Innovation for Student Engagement

January 17th, 2012 · Comments Off on Changes to NCLB Still Require Innovation for Student Engagement

Angela Dye’s response to Arne Duncan @ http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/escaping-the-constraints-of-no-child-left-behind/2012/01/06/gIQAYmqpfP_story.html This post written by the Nation’s Secretary of Education provides a fair assessment of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The strength of the legislation is that it exposes the achievement gap between students of color and of various income levels, English-proficiency levels, and disabilities. The challenge to […]