State standardized test scores at Cedarbrook Middle School in the Cheltenham (Pennsylvania) School District had been stagnant for several years and the achievement gap within our school dismayed and disheartened all of us. The teachers and students in the school worked hard every day, yet the results did not reflect their efforts. In the 2007–2008
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Where students take a test can make a difference in their ability to perform “I didn’t do very well in the library, I was distracted,” one of my sixth grade students told me a few days after completing a math progress monitoring test in the school library. An uncomfortable testing environment can lead to distracted
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Imagine students wanting to improve their writing—just because! What if students improved their writing because they wanted to, not just to get a good grade? What if their motivation to do better was fueled by teacher conferences and quick feedback? That fantasy could be closer to reality than you ever imagined. At Danville Middle School
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Effective test prep means understanding the test as well as the content. “Assuming that the street is level, what should you do after you have finished parallel parking in a space between two other cars?” This is a practice question on the New York State DMV website for the written portion of the driving test.
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