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		<title>PISA results as Rorschach</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The education press is abuzz about the release of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009 results, so it&#8217;s a good time for some semi-snarky speculation about excuses for the less-than-stellar relative scores for US students and about proposals we&#8217;ll be hearing or reading regarding what the US education system should do to correct [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching effectively and LD</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Folks who are interested in effective teaching for students with Learning Disabilities (and other students as well) can learn a lot at the up-coming conference of the Division for Learning Disabilities in Baltimore (MD, US) later this month. Michael Gerber assembled a fine group of sessions, as shown at the end of this post. Check [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Our teachers think they&#8217;re all effective.&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Stannis Steinbeck, principal of Broadus Elementary School in Pacoima (CA, US), this is the view of the members of her faculty. According to data about the teachers&#8217; effects on student achievement, not all teachers are effective. It should come as no surprise that some are more effective than others and some are woefully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New test results [from KTM]</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over on Kitchen Table Math the contributor who identifies himself as SteveH has a delightful post about some new test results. Here&#8217;s the lead: Recent testing has shown improvement in shoe tying by fourth and eighth graders over the past two years, although the growth has been stagnant in some districts. Urban school activists, however, [...]]]></description>
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