Firing Entire Staff of Teachers?

Would a district desperate to improve test scores ever decide to simply fire every teacher on staff at one school and start fresh? The implications of a decision like this are huge, yet one Rhode Island school district has decided to do just that. In Providence, Rhode Island, Central Falls district has made the striking [...]

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How to Improve Standardized Test Scores

Research based information on how to improve test scores.

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Student Assessment

Student assessment is a vital part of teaching. There is some confusion surrounding lesson plan assessment, though. Student assessment is not an opportunity to find out if a student learned the required material. Rather, it is an opportunity for teachers to measure the success of their own teaching methods. With this understanding comes a bit [...]

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Report Card Time

Teachers, it’s report card time, and that means report card comments. While it is a time consuming task to write individual comments on report cards, it is important to not resort to cliche comments that mean little to parents. Here are a few guidelines to keep in mind: Whenever you use a negative comment on [...]

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The Drop-Off Generation

Teachers fight a constant battle to get parents more involved. Some schools have highly involved parents and other schools have less than half of the parents show up to a back-to-school night. Part of this lack of parental involvement is a product of the drop-off generation. This is the generation of parents who drop their [...]

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