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		<title>Experts Lay Out Vision for Future Assessments</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4337/experts-lay-out-vision-for-future-assessments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assessment systems]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Council of Chief State School Officers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multiple-choice tests]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Education Week&#8217;s site has another piece on the future of education, this one on assessements:

Led by Stanford University professor Linda Darling-Hammond, a panel of experts outlined a comprehensive system that includes summative and formative tests of higher-order thinking skills, reflecting a marketplace that they say places increasing value on such skills.
They urged a move away [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Kindergarten-Admission Tests Are Worthless</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4225/why-kindergarten-admission-tests-are-worthless/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4225/why-kindergarten-admission-tests-are-worthless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Needs - Gifted]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assessments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entrance exams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[importance of parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IQ tests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meritocracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[observational assessments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lengthy exploration of IQ testing for kindergarten placement from the New York magazine&#8217;s website adds to the growing chorus of those questioning of the role of tests in our kids lives. This article&#8217;s focus is on kindergarten placement tests but also touches on issues of class, equality, corporate influence, and, offers insights into better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska Bill Tries to Kill High School Exit Exam</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4187/education-week-alaska-bill-tries-to-kill-high-school-exit-exam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4187/education-week-alaska-bill-tries-to-kill-high-school-exit-exam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AK State Board of Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[exit exams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high school diploma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standardized test]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As educational reform moves forward we see more reality based actions in the states:

A high school exit exam is keeping hundreds of Alaska students from earning diplomas and jobs for which they&#8217;re otherwise qualified, proponents of repealing the test told a state Senate committee Friday.
Educators and parents from around the state testifying in support of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Test, Punish, and Push Out</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4150/test-punish-and-push-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4150/test-punish-and-push-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Push-outs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Truancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advancement Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCLB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public school push outs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school discipline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School to Prison Pipeline]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This 56 page report by the Advancement Project subtitled, How Zero Tolerance and High-Stakes Testing Funnel Youth into the School to Prison Pipeline is not a surprise but to see it backed with documentation is an eye opener.
From the Advancement Project&#8217;s download page:
Test, Punish, and Push Out: How Zero Tolerance and High-Stakes Testing Funnel Youth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Proving&#8221; homeschooling with test scores</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3978/proving-homeschooling-with-test-scores/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3978/proving-homeschooling-with-test-scores/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr Brian Ray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robin West]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Dr. Brian Ray&#8217;s discussion, of the West &#8220;Harms&#8221; article he writes:

To set the stage for this discussion, a very brief summary of research on home education is important.
Repeated studies by many researchers and data provided by United States state departments of education show that home-educated students consistently score, on average, well above the public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making a Stand for the Traditional Classroom</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3914/making-a-stand-for-traditional-classroom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3914/making-a-stand-for-traditional-classroom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public School Participation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assessments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emily Gersema]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gilbert Public Schools governing board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[record keeping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restrictions on homeschooled students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[student oganizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arizona Republic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traditional classroom instruction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first reading of new restriction put forth by the governing board of Gilbert Arizona&#8217;s public schools address testing, assessments, record keeping, credits, online courses and involvement in student oganizations for homeschoolers.

Board to consider homeschool, online class restrictions
by Emily Gersema, The Arizona Republic
The Gilbert Public Schools governing board is mulling a series of proposals that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeschoolers and Achievement Tests</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3900/homeschoolers-and-achievement-tests/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3900/homeschoolers-and-achievement-tests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[achievement tests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative thinkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divergent thinkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Yvonne Fournier]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Yvonne Fournier answering questions from a homeschooling family which moved to a testing state. Some highlights about the inherent tension between homeschooling and achievement tests:

Hassle-Free Homework: Achievement Tests Contribute To America&#8217;s Decline
By Dr. Yvonne Fournier,
U.S. School System Discourages Divergent, Creative Thinkers
In a world that begs for divergent thinkers (people who can think &#8220;outside the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questioning the Wisdom of New, Common Tests</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3874/questioning-wisdom-of-new-common-tests/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3874/questioning-wisdom-of-new-common-tests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research-Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[common test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschool activists]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a Letter to the editor published online and in print, Maryann Klaus, with 40 years experience as &#8220;teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent&#8221; questions testing:

Why, when all of the research points to gains made by a focus on teaching and learning, formative assessment, teacher collaboration, and strong leadership, is the government looking to increasingly restrictive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home School Regulations</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3768/home-school-regulations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3768/home-school-regulations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Hegener</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research-Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschool regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschoolers and testing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling and testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Mathews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Kunzman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[testing homeschoolers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Write These Laws on Your Children]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Three Smart Rules for Home School Regulation, by Jay Mathews, an education columnist for The Washington Post, is an article homeschool advocates should read, as it presages an attitude which we&#8217;ll likely be seeing more of in the coming weeks and months:
Homeschooling is the sleeping giant of the American education system. There are at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public School Programs are not Homeschooling</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/1809/public-school-programs-are-not-homeschooling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/1809/public-school-programs-are-not-homeschooling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Hegener</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HEM Editorial: While the public school programs have effectively served the needs of some families, it is unwise to allow the perception to grow that they are equivalent to homeschooling. The very construct of these public school programs runs counter to the ability of families to handcraft an education for their children.
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