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8 Jan, 11 tweets, 4 min read
PSA: The DC terrorists are teachers, doctors and CEOs. . .

Many will go back to their jobs and continue to push insurrection and racists beliefs.
Teachers...
Don't forget lawyers (and prosecutors and judges)

Lawyer on Trump Election Call Quits Firm After Uproar nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/…
And pastors! Don't forget the long history of religions "leaders" supporting slavery, racism, and white supremacists

Also, I might as well attach the #racistedu thread in case there is doubt about the amount and variety of racism that exists in schools

And for a double whammy lobbyist . . . And wife of a supreme Court Justice

Let's not forget the politicians

West Virginia State Lawmaker Among Rioters Who Invaded the U.S. Capitol: 'Absolutely a Shame' people.com/politics/west-…
of course the police
Doesn't anyone think this "director of HR" has ever equally and fairly consider resumes from non-white people ?

Real estate agents we know have been racist but you know black and brown people should just "work harder" and bootstrap
I'm still looking for the people with more economic anxiety and less racism motivating their sedition.

This store owner from Menlo Park doesn't seem to be the one.

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6 Jan
#NowReading a great article on "learning loss"

"Of course, the term "learning loss" comes from the language of test enthusiasts."

forbes.com/sites/johnewin…
I love this, especially “an increase in correct responses is gain; a decrease is loss.”

Exposing so many of the problems that plague the way we use test scores and draw inappropriate conclusions from them. Image
Zing!

“Learning loss is a calculation masquerading as a concept”

#LearningLoss #testing #education Image
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17 Oct 20
#nowreading “Over the past decade,” Ruth S. Barrett writes, “the for-profit ecosystem that has sprouted up around athletic recruiting at top-rung universities has grown so excessively ornate, so circular in its logic, that it’s become self-defeating.” theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
Even before i dig into the article let me add a few images
Keep in mind that CT is one of the richest states in the union
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6 Oct 20
Let's explore the biggest lie the testing agencies ever convinced America of:

"without the SAT ACT, I would have never gotten into college, graduated, or had any future"

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You see this narrative over and over and over in anecdatal stories about the test "providing" opportunity.
Here's one from a professor brave enough to tell his story under a pseudonym | How the ACT and SAT Help Disadvantaged Students Get Into College chronicle.com/article/how-th…
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21 May 20
The UC Regent student representative is killing it and everyone should listen to her.

here is the live feed .. she's at about 50 minutes in



#SAT #UC #testprep
Seriously ... skip everything else in this video and go straight to the student rep (whose name I missed)!
Varsha Sarveshwar. Her name is Varsha Sarveshwar.
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16 Apr 20
With the flurry of test optional announcements I wanted to highlight some of the best that I've seen. I've only been paying attention to this for a few years so I'll likely miss some, please forgive me in advance.

The Anatomy of a good #TestOptional announcement ...

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Let's start with DePaul for reasons. Now check it, their announcement speaks to their

1. Mission
2. Faculty support
3. RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH
Next up is the STATE OF OREGON!

The coordination among 7 "competitors" alone is worth noting.
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1 Apr 20
So the recent announcement of the changes to the #AP tests got me thinking about test design and the contrary messages we get from CB ... A short thread coming.. Image
Normally AP test are 2 - 4 hours long. @CollegeBoard wants us to believe that a 45 minute test is essentially identical.

This got me to thinking about how often then just drop things from the test and tell us its samesy!
Now if you've been around testing for a few years you've surely seen the odd question dropped her and there.

On the PSAT in 2016 two math questions were deemed "unscorable". It's happened many times. There was 1 PSAT with 4 unscorable questions. ImageImage
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