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WASL Flushed

From the Associated Press : Washington's new superintendent of public instruction wants to replace the Washington Assessment of Student Learning with two separate tests, and use a computerized testing system. Superintendent Randy Dorn said Wednesday that he wants to start using the new tests next...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 01-21-2009
End May Be Near for WASL

If you don’t like the results of the objective test, throw out the test. Then say that everything is OK. Brilliant. From Northwest Public Radio : End May Be Near for WASL Washington State’s newly elected schools superintendent Randy Dorn told lawmakers today Tuesday he's ready to make...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 01-14-2009
Review of Washington Math Standards Calls for Tough, Specific Goals

I had meant to comment on this last week. This is from the 19 July 2007 Associated Press report. The schools want lower math/science standards; the parents want higher standards. Although nearly 40 percent of Washington high school students have been unable to pass a test based on the state's guidelines...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 07-27-2007
WASL Update

From KREM News in Spokane: Washington high school students are doing better on their assessment tests. State School Superintendent Terry Bergeson says 62 percent of the tenth graders passed the math section of the WASL this spring, compared to only half last year. Looks like the mandatory testing of...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 06-08-2007
Must we have Government Schools?

Yale professor David Gelertner poses the following question in the Weekly Standard : Why should we have public school at all? [T]here's no reason we must have public schools. Granted, the public has a strong interest in educating America's children, at a cost that's divided equitably among all taxpayers...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 05-30-2007
India, savior of American education

Perhaps this is the solution for parents who want their kids to pass the ISAT and WASL. And it sounds like the tutors are more responsive than many teachers in the USA. Then again, these teachers have a financial incentive to be responsive. From the U.K. Telegraph : A new trend in Indian outsourcing...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 05-23-2007
Drunk at School

Is there any wonder they cannot pass the WASL? From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer : About 20 percent of 10th- and 12th-graders in Washington schools have been drunk at school in the past year -- up from 15 percent two years ago. That's just one statistic that jumps out of the optimistically titled ...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 04-23-2007
Law requires teaching condom use to children: Legislators find 'public peace, health, and safety' depend on lessons

Perhaps if schools spent more time teaching math and science, kids would be able to pass the WASL. Perhaps Washington should offer a banana section on the WASL… From World Net Daily : Public schools soon will be required to teach students how to use condoms "or other means of contraception" under...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 04-17-2007
WA Legislature Delays Math and Science WASL

From Northwest Public Radio : The Washington legislature is poised to delay the math and science WASL graduation requirement . On Tuesday the House passed legislation that makes the class of 2013 the first to have to pass all sections of the WASL . The bipartisan vote was 81 to 17. Representative Pat...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 04-15-2007
WASL delays unwelcome in Colfax

As reported in today’s edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News . Pullman and Colfax school officials are concerned about state discussions to postpone or change requirements that students pass sections of the Washington Assessment of Student Learning to graduate. Colfax high school principal believes...

Posted to Moscow Education (Idaho) (Weblog) by Right-Mind on 04-06-2007

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