F FOR ASSESSMENT
By W. James Popham
For the last four decades, students’ scores on standardized tests have increasingly been regarded as the most meaningful evidence for evaluating U.S. schools. Most Americans, indeed, believe students’ standardized test performances are the only legitimate indicator of a school’s instructional effectiveness. Yet, although test-based evaluations of schools seem to occur [...]
From my local paper:
Sunset will arrive tonight later than it has in decades due to Indiana’s change to daylight-saving time. The extra hour of light brought by daylight-saving time means the sun rose at 6:09 a.m. today and will set at 9:22 p.m., making today the longest day of the year.
The Goshen [...]
This morning’s run was 3 miles and I listened to Train again (I know, I need to put something else on the iPod). Though only 70 degrees f, the humidity was @ 90%…cool running, eh?
Tomorrow will begin one of my big summer of 06 goals: cleaning out the pool house (or shack) and the car [...]
Linux Forums: Word to Writer
However, switching from Word to OpenOffice Writer can be almost as difficult as switching from Windows to Linux…
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