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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

New Standardized Exams Increase Student Testing Time

The PARCC Assessment, part of the rigorous Common Core curriculum, is a series of computer-based tests for students in third grade through 11th grade.

Students will be tested for up to 10 hours under the new standarized tests replacing the current Maryland School Assessment.   In a layout of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness in College and Careers Assessment released Wednesday, third-grade students would be tested for eight hours and 11th grade students for nearly 10 hours. Every grade level in between will also participate. The computerized tests are part of the rigorous national Common Core State Standards curriculum. The performance-based component would run over five sessions—two for mathematics and three for English language arts/literacy, and the end of the year portion that would require four sessions—two for mathematics and two for English language arts/literacy. The …

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Common Core Standards To Increase Testing in Schools (in Towson Patch)

Lmadness

8:41 am on Thursday, March 7, 2013

When is this going to end. It's getting worse.   more ›

Monday, January 21, 2013

Would Schools Be Safer With Armed Officers?

After the Newtown, CT school shooting, Maryland legislators are looking at a number of ways to make schools safer.

According to Annapolis Patch, delegates from Anne Arundel County are introducing legislation on Tuesday, Jan. 22 in hopes of increasing security and mental health services at public schools across the state. The proposed bill would also pay for an armed resource officer at each school. "If you really understand public schools in Maryland, you know this: They are becoming increasingly more difficult for classroom teachers because discipline is lacking at home and teachers are spending an increasing amount of time maintaining discipline in the classroom," said Del. Nic Kipke (R-Pasadena). In Montgomery County, Councilman Craig Rice (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown, a vocal advocate of school resource officers stationed in schools, told a room full …

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Anne Arundel Delegates to Introduce Bill on School Safety (in Anne Arundel Patch) and Councilman Rice: Number of Police Officers in Schools to Increase (in Potomac Patch)

Shawn

11:48 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013

Having no fear of death is merely a side effect of a psychotropic drug. Which coincidentally, everyone of the past mass shooters were under the influence of.   more ›

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