The full court press for the Big Standardized Test is on, with all manner of spokespersons and PR initiatives trying to convince Americans t...

Tennessee officials are cheerfully announcing the advent of awesome new assessments that will be "not a test you can game." The t...

Anthony Cody scored a great little handout last week that is a literal guide to how reformster want to talk about testing. The handout-- &qu...

Today, I'm trying something new. I've gotten myself onto the PARCC sample item site and am going to look at the ELA sample items fo...

As the Defenders of Big Standardized Tests have rushed to protect and preserve this important revenue stream this monster program, they hav...

Reformsters like to claim that the new generation of standards and tests have moved us beyond test prep. "No more rote memorization,&qu...

Have you met Webb's Depth of Knowledge in all its reformy goodness. I just spent a couple of blood pressure-elevating hours with it. Her...

US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is here with some back-to-school blogging to assure folks that he is totes listening to somebody. His...