Diane Ravitch an education historian makes an argument that tests like SAT and ACT are the common standards of education across all states. Read full article here

An interesting article in Fortune Magazine which gives insight into financials of CollegeBoard (a “non-profit” which owns the SAT and other exams) and American College Testing (which owns the ACT test). According to the article:

The most recent fiscal year revenue for CollegeBoard is $631 million. Net “excess” (profit) for the same year is $57 million.
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“Socrato: The Future of Test Prep?” by Matt Fellows
“Socrato has the potential to strip standardized tests of their mysterious, intimidating power, and turn them into more helpful learning tools…”
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One of the interesting features of Twitter is the ability to “follow” anyone and then listen to their tweets. Effectively the person you are following becomes the “filter” for you for certain types of content and information.  You receive immediate updates on what’s going on.
While working with a number of teachers and tutors, we noticed […]

Recently there has been a lot of coverage about Charter Schools in Massachusetts.  So I dug little deeper…
What are charter schools?

An innovative approach towards school and education management
They are public schools, funded by government money
They can be under district management or state management
Another interesting aspect is that, when a student moves from a regular […]

According to US Department of Education study students who took “blended” courses — those that combine elements of online learning and face-to-face instruction — appeared to do best of all.
The study finds this after detailed review of 51 high quality research reports out of over 1000 research studies. Looking at one of the reviews in […]

How Data analysis is helping raise performance – story covers both good and the bad
Data-Driven Schools See Rising Scores - WSJ.com
Educational data is in abundance – but not in very useful state.
Education Week: Data, Data Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Use 
Impact of providing detailed and real time access to student educational and learning data […]

In an interesting article from Dr. Mostafa Mehrabani - McGraw Hill Assessment and Reporting President, he shares his thoughts about the future of educational assessment and reporting. Looking at the trends, I believe the underlying shift in education (and the impact of technology on it) is going to be bigger than Dr. Mostafa’s article projects.
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When will educational institutions learn to use technology the right way?!  It seems like every other day I come across examples where technology is used for the sake of using technology instead of solving the actual problem.  Upon reading this article the first question that came to my mind - Did each student even have […]