Catchin' CATS fever (Grant County News)
Grant County's schools have turned their attention to the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS). CATS includes the Kentucky Core Content Test, a nationally norm-referenced test, the CTBS/5 Survey Edition, writing portfolios and prompts and the alternate portfolio for students with severe to profound disabilities....more...Write On! Schools Make FCAT Gains (The Tampa Tribune)
TAMPA - Many area schools celebrated gains on this year's FCAT writing scores, with middle schools earning the highest marks....more... Fourth-graders rise above on FCAT; others improve (The News-Press)
Nearly half the fourth-graders in the Lee County School District's West Zone beat state and county writing test averages....more... FCAT writing scores return to Columbia School District (Lake City Reporter)
Students in three of the county's eight elementary schools are writing at or above the state level, according to the latest round of Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test writing scores....more... Collier FCAT writing scores improve (Naples Daily News)
When Immokalee High School had to develop a plan to monitor the progress of each student who failed to meet certain performance levels, including on the FCAT, Principal Manny Touron knew there was one area the school needed to target....more... County's students shine in FCAT essays (St. Petersburg Times)
But the Hillsborough district, as well as the rest of the state, fares poorly on multiple choice....more... Schools prep for CATS: Strategies vary as district tackles state testing (The Sentinel-News)
Starting Monday, thousands of district students will be taking the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS). The testing will last nearly all week....more... My Week on MySpace (Fast Company Magazine)
Yesterday, I wrote a blog post about the safety of social networks. I would personally like to rescind that and talk about how I have since been violated by the lack of security on MySpace. While I am still a... ...more... The Intersection of Narrative Policy Analysis and Policy Change Theory (RedNova)
By McBeth, Mark K; Shanahan, Elizabeth A; Arnell, Ruth J; Hathaway, Paul L Narrative policy analysis and policy change theory rarely intersect in the literature....more... |