States Getting In on International Testing
September 14th, 2009
It seems like at least once a month we get headlines blaring one of two things: 1) U.S. STUDENTS PERFORM POORLY COMPARED TO OTHER NATIONS or 2) [STATE] IS RANKED [X] IN EDUCATION TEST SCORES. Well, now there is some movement to combine these two headlines and have states participate in international testing.
Currently, international testing [...]
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i3: Investing in Innovation
August 21st, 2009
Arne Duncan spoke yesterday about the ideas behind the i3 program, which is seeking to invest in educational innovation. Right now the program is funded by $650 million in the Recovery Act. He said they are looking for programs that are:
Outcome driven
Scalable
Sustainable
They will give three different types of grants:
Pure Innovation – fund promising ideas
Strategic Investment – for programs that need to build a research base (!) or organizational capacity
Grow What Works – money for proven programs to expand
Four key areas they want to target:
College and career-ready standards
Data systems to support improved instruction
Teacher and principal quality
Turnaround schools
My favorites are money for programs that need research support and data systems to support improved instruction. Will it make a difference?
Tags: department of education, education innovation, i3
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