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New Learning Study: If You Test Them, They Will Remember

By Shannon Sweetser On January 21, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Teaching, Test Preparation, Testing
A new study published online in the journal Science reveals the value of encouraging students to take practice tests instead of simply studying the material. When students took practice tests they retained 50% more of the information a week later than students who took alternate routes to studying the material. We’ve already discussed why it’s [...]
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Harvard and Georgetown Drop an SAT Test from their 3-Test Requirement

By Shannon Sweetser On January 12, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Assessments, Education: General, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Teaching & Tutoring, Testing
According to the New York Times, prestigious universities Georgetown, Harvard, and Princeton all have something in common. In the past year they’ve all dropped a test from their three-test admissions requirement. That means that, according to the National Association for College Admission Counsel, no American college currently requires more than 2 standardized tests to gain [...]
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5 Education Articles to Start Your Week: The Cost of Education Wars

By Shannon Sweetser On January 3, 2011 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, General, In The News, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Testing
We can only hope that this new decade holds some solutions to the many educational challenges we have faced. The financial burdens facing the nation have left many classrooms striped of all extraneous resources. Many teachers are having to do so much more with so much less. In this week’s top education articles to start your week, [...]
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5 Education Articles to Start Your Week: Teachers Under Pressure

By Shannon Sweetser On December 13, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, In The News, Pay for Performance, Teaching
Today, the climate for many teachers is grim. Many teachers, especially seasoned professionals, are struggling with crippling budget cuts, intense scrutiny and evaluation and class room populations that, due to teacher layoffs, have expanded. This week, in our “5 education articles to start your week” series we look more closely at the struggles these teachers [...]
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Education Overhaul Begins Today: 5 Education Articles to Start Your Week

By Shannon Sweetser On December 6, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Assessments, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, General, In The News, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
As we begin to wind down to the end of the 2010 fall semester and high-schools prepare for the long winter’s break, bloggers and newswriters begin to acknowledge the past and begin to look for a better, brighter future for educators and students all over the world. 25 Years of Computers in Education: What Has [...]
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Education Heartbreaker: It’s Not You, It’s Poverty

By Shannon Sweetser On December 1, 2010 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, In The News, Socrato: System, Teaching, Test Preparation, Testing, Tutoring
It sounds like something from a bad breakup. “It’s not you, its poverty.” Or, at least, that’s what some education reform advocates, including Stephen Krashen, are saying about student performance. A contributor for the Schools Matter blog, Krashen believes that our country performs poorly on international test results such as the PIRLS because, compared with [...]
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Do Colleges Really Care about SAT Scores?

By Socrato Admin On November 10, 2010 · 6 Comments · In Assessments, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
The following is a guest post by Ellen Richards, the founder of Ellen Richards Educational Services, a college admissions consulting and tutoring firm in Los Angeles, CA. Before a student enters their junior year of high school, they’ve probably already heard all about the importance of standardized tests like the SAT and the ACT. With [...]
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22 Mind-Blowing Infographics on Education

By Shannon Sweetser On November 4, 2010 · 6 Comments · In Assessments, Content, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, Exam: SAT, General, Testing, Tutoring
Data is extremely valuable for all of us in the education industry; we”ve got to consume a lot of it to make valuable decisions for our students and schools. However, when you spend too much time with your  nose in your computer, e-reader or a book, it”s easy to forget what information looks like. That”s [...]
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Warning: Learning Expectations Can Vary Dramatically by State

By Shannon Sweetser On November 3, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, In The News, Testing
Imagine 2 people have learned to make a birdhouse in two different states from a different instructor. After they take the birdhouse-builder’s standardized test, we line up the birdhouses and take a look. According to the birdhouse building manual for Massachusetts, which is where the builder is from, one birdhouses is missing a few key [...]
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The Truth About Learning in 21st Century America [Cartoon]

By Socrato Admin On October 27, 2010 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, Test Preparation
This is an amazing cartoon and captures how we often feel about the current education system. I thought it deserved to be shared on our blog. The artist, Daivd Horsey originally published this under the title Dismal Learning is Not the Path to Success. You can check out some more of his cartoons on his [...]
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