Duncan To Allow States Flexibility on Test Scores and Teacher Evaluations Connecticut To Seek Permission Not To Use Standardized Test Scores In Teacher Evaluations Next Year; To Take Steps To Avoid Double-Testing Connecticut will seek permission to defer the use of standardized test scores next year to evaluate teachers' performance, now that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has said he will consider such requests.
June 18, 2013 - Hartford Courant
Perry signs bill cutting number of standardized tests for graduates After several years of resistance from educators’ and parents’ groups, Governor Rick Perry on Monday signed into law a bill that slashes the number of standardized tests for high school graduates from
June 17, 2013 - The Pasadena Citizen
Henry Paulson in Toronto Star As we develop plans to purchase equity......we are working to develop a standardized program that is open to a broad array of financial institutions,Paulson said in a statement.
Barack Obama in MiamiHerald.com Don't tell us that the only way to teach a child is to spend most of the year preparing him to fill in a few bubbles on a standardized test,Obama said Tuesday. "Let's finally help our teachers and principals develop a curriculum and...