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Discussion: School Rankings

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Discussion: The Accountability Pillar

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Discussion: Diploma Examinations

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Do you think high stakes testing in Alberta encourages cheating? Has cheating reached an epidemic proportion?

Read our blog post on Eric Anderman's presentation to the American Psychology Association on testing and cheating, then leave your comments here.

 

Discussion: Provincial Achievement Tests

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Seven Days in a Struggling School

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Once ranked the worst school in British Columbia, Prince Rupert's Roosevelt Park Elementary School had more to offer than standardized tests could measure. CBC News reporter Mark Kelley spent seven days with the 210 students in the primarily First Nations community to judge for himself. The result is this compelling 25-minute documentary that first appeared on The National. The program highlights the dedicated, important and successful work of teachers, reinforces the message that students are more than a test score and that test scores cannot convey the real learning and hope that happen in schools.

 

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