Category Archives: Standardized testing
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Students protest corporate control of education
Leave a commentApril 23, 2015 by realrenewal
More than 150,000 New York students recently boycotted standardized tests, which critics say have led to neighbourhood school closures, teacher …
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Standardized testing scrapped: Commentary
Leave a commentApril 10, 2014 by realrenewal
by Dr. Marc Spooner I full-heartedly applaud the Ministry of Education for listening and responding to the concerns of students, …
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Streaming in our schools examined
Leave a commentMarch 30, 2014 by realrenewal
The latest issue of Our Schools Our Selves looks at how students end up being streamed by the system. Restacking …
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Standardized testing – under review or not?
Leave a commentMarch 30, 2014 by realrenewal
The province has said standardized testing is on hold until the end of a Student First review. At the same …
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Standardized testing forging ahead
Leave a commentSeptember 6, 2013 by realrenewal
Standardized testing looked to be hold as of Aug. 30, when education deputy minister Dan Florizone told the media that the …
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Sask educators respond to standardized testing
Leave a commentMarch 20, 2013 by realrenewal
University education professors and classroom educators have written an open letter to education minister Russ Marchuk about the province’s plan …
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What should be the aim of education? A parent’s perspective.
7February 15, 2013 by realrenewal
by Trish Elliott, Feb. 5, 2013 This short talk was part of the University of Regina Faculty of Education’s ‘Talkin’ …
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Ontario teachers call for testing moratorium
Leave a commentAugust 17, 2010 by realrenewal
Halt standardized tests, elementary teachers say; Exams for grades 3, 6 are costly, take away from non-test subjects by Matthew …
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