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Is $1.7 billion a lot or a little to spend on testing?
Steve Ferrara, Ph.D., Research Scientist | December 21, 2016I reviewed the main findings from the Brookings Institute report, Strength in Numbers: State Spending on K-12 Assessment Systems....
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2016 top 10 Teaching & Learning Blog posts
Caroline Miller, Managing Editor, Pearson | December 15, 2016What a great year! On the Teaching & Learning Blog, we have covered a large range of topics including:...
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Classroom discussion: One way to get “rich”
Brad Ermeling, former Research Scientist with Pearson | December 13, 2016Rich discussion or discourse typically means students talking about their ideas, asking questions of classmates, engaging in debates, explaining...
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- PreK-12 Education
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Explaining “field tests”: Top six things parents should know
Jon S. Twing. Ph.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Measurement Officer, Pearson Assessment & Information | December 8, 2016Field testing is a routine part of standardized test administration and many such field tests occur in a number...
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Standardized testing. What is it and how does it work?
Kimberly O'Malley | November 30, 2016Standardized assessment is a lens into the classroom. It sheds light on why a child might be struggling, succeeding,...
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Death of education, birth of learning
Luis Oros, Future Technologies, Pearson | June 21, 2016We are witnessing the death of education, but the birth of learning. I’ve always loved this sentence. It captures...
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Coming together to help working adults pass the GED® test the first time
Leah Jewell, Managing Director for Career Development and Employability, Pearson | February 29, 2016With more than 39 million U.S. adults without a high school degree, passing the GED® Test increases access to...
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- Higher Education
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