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Direct linkFielding, Randall – Education Canada, 2012
Two recent peer-reviewed studies support the need to update the traditional school design model that has remained fundamentally unchanged for over a century. In a 2011 study published by the American Educational Research Journal, entitled "Problem-Based Learning in K-12 Education," Clarice Wirkala and Deanna Kuhn document a 200-500…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Problem Based Learning, Innovation, Cooperation
Coulter, Rebecca Priegert – Education Canada, 2012
Aggregated test results that identify the literacy problems of boys as the most salient gender issue in schools distort the reality that girls experience significant gender-based challenges as well, though their problems may not present as clearly on standardized tests. This emphasis on boys' difficulties has moved educational resources in that…
Descriptors: Females, Outcomes of Education, Standardized Tests, Males
Laurie, Robert – Education Canada, 2009
The practice of handing out excellent grades to students who don't deserve them (grade inflation) is not a new phenomenon. Indeed grade inflation is among the oldest and most difficult issues to address in higher education. The author first studied the impact of grade inflation on student performance on standardized tests at the high school level…
Descriptors: Grade Inflation, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Correlation
Carey, Kevin – Education Canada, 2009
Almost nobody, it seems, disputes the importance of effective teachers--including teachers themselves. However, principals actually do none of the things they do when they value something as highly as most people say they value good teachers. By looking at scores on year-end standardized tests by teachers, principals think they have a pretty good…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Standardized Tests, Teacher Surveys, Educational Change
Shaker, Erika – Education Canada, 2004
Parents want validation of the quality of education their children are receiving, but education is complex, non-linear, and to a great extent unquantifiable. This article discusses two current trends that are said to be indicative of educational quality: standardized tests and school rankings. This author argues that while standardized tests may…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Standardized Tests, Public Education, Foreign Countries
Gustafson, R. W. – Education Canada, 2002
A study of Florida's "school accountability" reform examined Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) scores in Orange County. It was found that percentages of low-income, gifted, and Black students in a school population could predict the FCAT score with 80-86 percent accuracy. The testing process creates a self-fulfilling prophecy.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
