Big Fat Score

01/30/2012

California’s Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) test scores have gone up every year for the last nine years, at a time when objective and secure national measurements such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the SAT have remained flat.

01/27/2012

Standardized testing is a way to see how students are doing. The results of those tests can increase the funding the school receives from the state. Thomas Jefferson Middle School broke the rules in two classrooms during Star tests.

01/25/2012

http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_19803430

01/19/2012

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=24004

In sometimes tense exchanges, parents Tuesday demanded a greater sense of urgency from the Palo Alto Board of Education on fixing what they called a 'bifurcated school system -- one for the wealthy and one for the economically disadvantaged.'

12/31/2011

The base Academic Performance Index ranking is calculated using the test results of the previous year from the STAR test, or using the California High School Exit Exam for older students. The API is tracked on a scale of 200 to 1,000 that indicates how well students in a school or district performed on the previous spring's tests, according to the CDE.

12/29/2011

http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.gazettes.com/news/education/schools-had-to-make-do-with-less/article_498239ce-319a-11e1-b1db-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA99Tv9wRIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=UGQ6kFvZors&usg=AFQjCNFnGwP6jhNWVlSdSZ17YTSPjVZH6g

California’s major reductions to its public education institutions took another devastating toll on schools across the state in 2011, including the three Long Beach branches of education, which faced another year of heavy budget cuts.

12/26/2011

http://star.cde.ca.gov/star2011/ViewReport.aspx

Note: The first row in each table contains numbers 2 through 11 which represent grades two through eleven respectively. Additionally, EOC stands for End-of-Course.

12/24/2011

At the California Aerospace Academy last year, fewer than 10 of the 137 students scored proficient or better on any STAR math test last year – from basic seventh-grade general math to 11th-grade geometry. None of the 62 eighth- and ninth-graders who took algebra I at West Sacramento Early College Prep Charter scored at the proficient or advanced levels. Only two of 31 10th-graders who took the STAR world history exam at Antelope View Charter scored at the proficient level. And no seventh-graders at Yuba County Career Prep passed any STAR test – English or math.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/12/23/4141606/charter-schools-group-urges-closure.html =cpy

A list of 10 schools the California Charter Schools Association would like to see closed including four in the Sacramento area has caused an uproar within the charter school movement.

12/19/2011

http://www.ucertify.com/vendors/software-testing.html

12/19/2011

http://nsd.us/edservices/studentprog/assessment/

The assessment of student progress is an integral component of the learning process. We believe feedback is essential if learners are to improve their performance. Our district uses a variety of assessments for all core academic areas. A variet...

12/17/2011

http://www.bigfatscore.com/

12/15/2011

It is the hope of the school staff that with support the students will do better on STAR tests and pass the high school exit exam which is given in English