Again: HAT's OFF TO LARRY!
With increased access to new technologies, there is little reliable and valid evidence showing that these technology investments have yielded gains in student achievement.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Forget Early Release - Testing Schedule
| DATE | TEST | GRADE/COURSE |
| Sept. 1- 30, 2010 | FLKRS / FAIR | K-2 |
| Sept. 7-30, 2010 Tentative** | Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading (FAIR) | 3rd – 12th |
| Sep. 11, 2010 | ACT (select sites) | 10th-12th |
| Oct. 9, 2010 | SAT I & II (select sites) | 10th-12th |
| Oct. 13, 2010 | PSAT (all sites) | 9th -11th (ALL 9-10) |
| Oct. 18-22, 2010 | HS FCAT Retake Test | Retained 10th, 11-Adult |
| Oct. 23, 2010 | ACT (select sites) | 10th-12th |
| Nov. 6, 2010 | SAT I & II (select sites) | 10th-12th |
| Nov. 16-18, 2010 | District Benchmark Exam Writing | 11th & 12th (Retakes) |
| Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 2010 | District Benchmark Exam Writing | 2nd & 5th |
| Nov. 30- Dec.3, 2010 | Personal Fitness Exam | Select Students |
| Dec. 3- Jan. 14, 2011 Tentative** | Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading (FAIR) | K-12th |
| Dec. 4, 2010 | SAT I & II (select sites) | 10th-12th |
| Dec. 7-8, 2010 | FCAT Writing Prompt Field Test | Selected Schools (4,8,10) |
| Dec. 11, 2010 | ACT (select sites) | 10th-12th |
| Jan. - Feb. 2011 | National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) | Selected Schools (4,8,12) |
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| Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) |
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| Jan.11-14, 2011 | Semester Exams | 9th-12th |
| Jan. 10- Feb. 25, 2011 | Florida Alternate Assessment (ESE) | 3rd-11th |
| Jan. 22, 2011 | SAT I & II (select sites) | 10th-12th |
| Feb. 12, 2011 | ACT (select sites) | 10th-12th |
| Feb. 22-25, 2011 | District Benchmark Exam Writing | 2nd |
| March- TBA | CELLA | K-12 (ELL) |
| Mar. 1-3, 2011 | FCAT Writing Assessment | (4,8,10) |
| Mar. 7-11, 2011 | District Benchmark Exam Writing | 11th & 12th (Retakes) |
| Mar. 8-11, 2011 | District Benchmark Exam Writing | 5th (Retakes) |
| Mar. 12, 2011 | SAT I & II (select sites) | 10th-12th |
| Mar. 28- Apr. 7, 2011 | National NRT Test | 1st & 2nd |
| Mar. 30-Apr. 6, 2011 | FCAT Retakes | 11th-Adult |
| Apr. 1-May 27, 2011 Tentative** | Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading (FAIR) | K-12th |
| Apr. 9, 2011 | ACT (select sites) | 10th-12th |
| Apr. 11-21, 2011 | FCAT Reading, Math, Science Assessment | 3rd-11th |
| May 2-13, 2011 | AP Exams | 10th-12th |
| May 7, 2011 | SAT I & II (select sites) | 10th-12th |
| May 9-13, 2011 | Personal Fitness Exam | Select Students |
| May 9-13, 2011 | District Benchmark Exam Writing | 12th only -- if needed |
| May 10-13, 2011 | District Benchmark Exam Writing | 2nd & 5th (Retakes) |
| May 16-20, 2011 | EOC Algebra | All enrolled students & All 9th G |
| Week of May 23, 2011 | National NRT Test | 3rd (Portfolio) |
| May 24-27, 2011 | District Benchmark Exam Writing | 2nd & 5th (Retakes) Only—if needed |
| June 1, 2011 | Semester Exams | 9th-11th |
| June 4, 2011 | SAT I & II (select sites) | 10th-12th |
| June 11, 2011 | ACT (select sites) | 10th-12th |
| July 27-28, 2011 | National NRT Test | 1st-3rd |
| Field Tests: | Geometry EOC Select Sites | May 23-27 |
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| Biology EOC Select Sites | May 23-27 |
| **Pending final District Instructional Calendar |
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Anyone care to guesstimate the amount of time taken away from curriculum or out of class for testing?
Thursday, November 4, 2010
THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM
In case you missed this gem From Larry Cuban- "Hats Off To Larry" - check out the post.
“The Flight of a Butterfly” or “The Flight of a Bullet”: The Impossible Dream of Transforming Teaching into a Science"
The point of all this is to be clear that, yes, some parts of teaching can be improved through scientific studies. Empirical findings time and again have improved teaching from decoding skills in reading to classroom management. But what has been learned from science is not the lion’s share of what constitutes daily teaching. As Philip Jackson said in 1968:
“teaching is an opportunistic process [where] … neither the teacher or [her] students can predict with any certainty exactly what will happen next. Plans are forever going awry and unexpected opportunities …are constantly emerging. The seasoned teacher seizes upon these opportunities and uses them to … his student’s advantage.”
Surprise and uncertainty greet teachers daily even for their best-planned lesson. Experienced teachers know this in their bones and in finessing the unpredictability of classroom life (or flopping) know that few researchers, especially among VAM-obsessed ones–care for such artistry because it cannot be connected to students’ test scores.
Those who still dream of engineering classrooms into rational places where empirically-derived prescriptions help teachers become effective have failed to grasp that daily teaching is a mix of artistry, science and uncertainty.
*Philip Jackson, Life in Classrooms, 1968, pp. 166-167."
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