Alberta Teachers' Association questions benefit of mandatory screening tests for young students
Teachers delivering new mandatory screening tests to young students said the exercise took a lot of time and effort with ...
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Alberta Teachers’ Association criticizes mandatory kindergarten testing
Back in December, the Alberta government announced enhanced literacy and numeracy screening tools for kindergarten through ...
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Education Minister responds to ATA criticism on screening tools
Alberta's Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides has responded to the Alberta Teachers’ Association's (ATA) recent criticism ...
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Education minister rejects Alberta Teachers’ Association’s concern over mandatory tests
Starting this month, those in kindergarten will need to take literacy and numeracy tests for the first time in Alberta.
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MCPS: Improvement in literacy skills shows “meaningful return on investment”
MCPS students are making progress in meeting literacy benchmarks, although kindergarteners’ performance levels dropped.
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Clear Creek ISD students improving academically, mid-year assessments show
A higher percentage of students are performing above benchmark standards compared to the beginning of the school year, ...
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Province responds to ATA criticisms around kindergarten standard testing
The Minister of Education is speaking out after the Alberta Teachers Association shared concerns around standardized diagnostic assessment testing that will be subjected to kindergarten students ...
Houston ISD's middle-of-year MAP testing begins this week. Here's what to know
Thousands of Houston ISD students will take middle-of-year progress exams this week. Here's what to know about January ...
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Alberta Teachers Association slams provincial standardized testing
The president of the Alberta Teachers Association told reporters Wednesday that new government-mandated standardized diagnostic testing for kindergarten students consumes significant learning time ...
The Department of Education through the years: A look at long-term trends of pitiful student performance
Education has changed since the creation of the Education Department 40 years ago, and faces potential eradication if ...
What 5 Houston-area school districts are asking lawmakers for ahead of the legislative session
The 89th session of the Texas Legislature begins on Jan. 14. Here are the biggest asks from Houston-area school districts.