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Testing fallout persists

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 63, Clicks: 22)  
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The state’s schools superintendent said she was not involved at all in the hiring of a testing company whose technical problems disrupted online tests for more than 9,000 students last month.

2 comments | Tags: oklahoma ctb/mcgraw-hill tech readiness oklahoma department of education janet barresi | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Oklahoma Senate OKs changes to school-grading program

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 25, Clicks: 4)  
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The state Senate approved changes to a controversial school-grading program on Tuesday.

1 comments | Tags: a-f grades oklahoma oklahoma department of education 100-point scale | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Do You Question Your State Education Department?

nitajo sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 49, Clicks: 12)  
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Peter DeWitt -- Do you question your state education departments enough? Do you question them at all? When you receive a memo from the state, do you take the opportunity to read it and respond? Or do you instantly press delete? It is our responsibility as educators to question what goes on around us.

1 comments | Tags: peter dewitt oklahoma department of education state leadership professionalism teacher involvement | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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State Education Board passes changes to testing rules

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 79, Clicks: 5)  
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Students who can’t pass end-of-instruction exams will no longer get an automatic exemption from the requirement if they are accepted to college. The state Board of Education spent two days discussing how to tweak agency rules, including two of the biggest reforms in recent years: the A-F school evaluation system and mandatory end-of-instruction exams, also called EOIs.

2 comments | Tags: achieving classroom excellence law oklahoma a-f grades janet barresi oklahoma department of education | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Colleges should rule admissions

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 41, Clicks: 6)  
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The state Board of Education is attempting to fix the controversial, fraught-with-problems Achieving Classroom Excellence law. The ACE law denies a high school diploma to otherwise qualified graduating seniors who fail to pass four of seven end-of-instruction standardized tests.

1 comments | Tags: achieving classroom excellence law oklahoma oklahoma department of education college readiness | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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State college entrance test rules changes proposed

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 93, Clicks: 14)  
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In addition to four-year selective universities, acceptance to accredited two-year community colleges should also be allowed to exempt Oklahoma high school students from graduation requirements under the Achieving Classroom Excellence law, state Board of Education member Joy Hofmeister said at a special board meeting Wednesday.

3 comments | Tags: achieving classroom excellence law oklahoma a-f grades maridyth mcbee oklahoma department of education | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Oklahoma plan may make native languages easier to teach, learn

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 58, Clicks: 7)  
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Students wishing to learn a Native American language, and those who want to teach one, could soon find their goals easier to accomplish.

3 comments | Tags: american indian students native languages oklahoma department of education teacher certification teacher recruitment | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Statewide Virtual Charter School board members

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oklahoman.com (Views: 26, Clicks: 4)  
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Four of the five seats on the Statewide Virtual Charter School board are filled. The fifth spot will be filled with an appointment by Speaker of the House T.W. Shannon.

1 comments | Tags: oklahoma statewide virtual charter school board oklahoma charter schools act oklahoma department of education | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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New Statewide Virtual Charter School board has first meeting

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 30, Clicks: 4)  
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The board of Oklahoma’s statewide virtual charter school met for the first time March 18. The school’s sponsoring board is the Oklahoma Department of Education.

2 comments | Tags: oklahoma statewide virtual charter school board oklahoma charter schools act oklahoma department of education | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Barresi wants school districts to look at safety policies

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 54, Clicks: 4)  
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Oklahoma Superintendent Janet Barresi has asked all state school districts to review and re-evaluate their safety policies in light of concerns in the aftermath of last week's school massacre in Connecticut.

1 comments | Tags: oklahoma school safety school environment janet barresi oklahoma department of education | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Monday: Senator wants change to end-of-instruction tests

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 36, Clicks: 4)  
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A state senator has filed a bill that would essentially gut a controversial law requiring students to pass four of seven end-of-instruction exams to earn a diploma.

0 comments | Tags: end of instruction exam oklahoma core curriculum tests oklahoma department of education earl garrison | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Oklahoma schools superintentendent fears Douglass seniors will drop out

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 45, Clicks: 4)  
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The Douglass High School senior class could be riddled with dropouts if students become too overwhelmed by the wreckage left by years of academic mismanagement, the state superintendent of schools said Monday night.

1 comments | Tags: oklahoma city janet barresi douglas high school oklahoma department of education | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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Unacceptable

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 79, Clicks: 6)  
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Editorial -- Tulsa Public Schools' Oklahoma Core Curriculum Test results for 2011-12 dipped to the lowest in years. Among the more troubling results: Only 42 percent of fourth graders scored satisfactorily in reading; only 48 percent of third graders and 46 percent of eighth graders scored satisfactorily in math.

1 comments | Tags: tulsa public schools oklahoma core curriculum tests student performance poverty oklahoma department of education | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Statewide test scores make gains 2012

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 114, Clicks: 19)  
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Statewide, public school students showed improvement on achievement tests for third- through eighth-graders and exit exams for high-schoolers.

4 comments | Tags: a-f grading system oklahoma department of education oklahoma core curriculum tests end of instruction exam joyce defehr | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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New Tulsa charter school to open this school year

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 80, Clicks: 9)  
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A new charter school focusing on the creative and performing arts is expected to open this school year in Tulsa.

1 comments | Tags: tulsa public schools charter schools sankofa middle school oklahoma department of education | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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