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Registered Rep.
September 19, 2014
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
The College Illusion Are your clients, who could be paying as much as a quarter of a million dollars to send one child to college, getting their money's worth?   |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2006
Rich Smith |
SAT: Seek A Tutor? For a test that you can't technically "fail," there's an awful lot of groaning going on today over the Class of 2006 in regard to its SAT scores. Could the tutoring industry benefit? Investors, take note. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2002 |
George Middle School Increases Student Achievement With Comprehensive Learning System Three years ago, Portland, Oregon's George Middle School made a significant investment in technology, including the purchase of Classwell Learning Group's ClassWorks software, a comprehensive learning system designed to improve individual student achievement in math and language arts... |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2004
Sue Cooper |
Computerized Practice Tests Boost Student Achievement By taking practice tests four to five times prior to the state testing, students are showing significant improvement within their deficit areas. More important, the students are enjoying themselves. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 27, 2010
Vanessa Hua |
It's All in the Preparation Three different technical tools for college entrance exam preparation. |
Information Today
October 20, 2015 |
EBSCO Introduces Resource for College and Career Readiness EBSCO Information Services launched the PrepSTEP online learning platform to help students build the skills they need for college and career readiness. |
BusinessWeek
May 5, 2011
Daniel Golden |
China's Test Prep Juggernaut Test preparation company New Oriental Education is helping a rising generation of Chinese students to ace U.S. college entrance exams |
Salon.com
February 22, 2001
Amy Benfer |
After the SAT As the University of California considers dropping the test, admissions directors of two colleges talk about what happened after they made it optional... |
BusinessWeek
October 22, 2007
Sophia Asare |
Putting College Within Reach for Many Nonprofit programs provide intensive admissions-prep services for promising kids from low-income backgrounds. |
Registered Rep.
January 23, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Five Secrets Colleges Are Keeping From You While universities may lure students with fancy brochures, luxury housing and scenic architecture, the reality is that colleges are high-stakes businesses preoccupied with enhancing their own prestige. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2000 |
Electronic Tests Enhance Individualized Instruction for Vocational Students Students at the Applied Learning Lab at the New Market Vocational Skills Center in Tumwater, Wash., take applied math, science, and English courses tailored to suit both their academic level and their chosen line of work... |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2000
Pat Herr |
The Changing Role of the Teacher: How Management Systems Help Facilitate Teaching... |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2000 |
Assistance with Reading and Math Comes Right to Your Home For students who require extra practice with reading or math, Summit@Home is a service delivering computer-based learning activities and curriculum components over the Internet.... |
Reason
November 2000
Jerry Jesness |
Texas' Big Test As George W. Bush touts his "Texas miracle" education record and other states move to mimic his state's approach, a closer look at test scores in Texas reveals a more enigmatic picture... |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2007
Neal Starkman |
Special Consideration Year-end testing can produce a false picture of students with unique challenges. They need individualized, frequent assessments - thanks to technology, they're getting them. |
Reason
June 2005
Lisa Snell |
How Schools Cheat From underreporting violence to inflating graduation rates to fudging test scores, educators are lying to the American public. |
Science News
May 8, 2004
Ivars Peterson |
Extra Time, Math, and the SAT Study finds extra time had a statistically significant impact on math scores, but there were no significant trends revealed in the verbal portion of the SAT. |
BusinessWeek
September 2, 2010
Paul M. Barrett |
Book Review: Higher Education? How Colleges are Wasting Our Money Authors Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus look at where students can get value for their money -- and how too many schools charge too much and deliver too little |
BusinessWeek
March 19, 2007
Louis Lavelle |
Playbook: Does Your School Make The Grade? Here are four things to consider when applying to an undergrad business program. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2004
Faye P. Taylor |
Education Technology Helps Unite School Communities, Improve Academic Achievement The landmark No Child Left Behind Act has spurred the adoption of innovative education technology and Internet-based programs into classrooms nationwide. |
Salon.com
December 15, 2000
Maura Kelly |
Stop the madness Admissions officers at top-rated colleges prescribe time out for burnout... |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2001 |
On The Web Student performance enhancement and college prep service provider aims to make college a reality for every student... Web site offers a place for students to exchange their old textbooks for ones that they currently need... Teaching children about preventing injuries in the home... etc. |
Registered Rep.
June 18, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
How College Rankings Influence Scholarship Awards For your affluent clients, it's the schools that don't possess the marquee names that will be eager to award their children scholarships. The author's book, The College Solution: A Guide to Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price explains more. |
Teacher Magazine
May 2000
Ronald A. Wolk |
Real-World Lessons So what is this exciting addition to the high school curriculum---a curriculum that a majority of American students find boring? It's not a new discovery but an old, tried-and-true idea: learning by doing, integrating ideas with action, linking the classroom to the real world. |
BusinessWeek
February 3, 2011
Daniel Golden |
The SAT Is to America as ____ Is to China The College Board wants permission to offer the SAT in China, opening up a huge market for the $600 million business. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2007 |
Texas District Uses Web-Based Assessment Solutions To Target Instruction Standards-based formative assessment and computer-adaptive diagnostic testing provide educators with data to address student needs. |
Salon.com
May 11, 2001
Meg Robbins |
The failure of testing President Bush wants to "test every child, every year." But a growing movement of families and teachers insists this is a formula for mediocre schooling and stressed-out kids. |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2002
Steve Gardner |
Forecasting and Managing Student Achievement on High-Stakes Tests To help educators continually forecast and manage student achievement on high-stakes tests, NCS Learn has introduced its High Stakes Management solution; its VP of marketing presents this overview... |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2006
Michelle Gamble-Risley |
Surviving Accountability: As Easy as AYP Data-driven strategies and personalized instruction are paving the way to higher test scores, one student at a time. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2008
Olivia LaBarre |
Weighing in on STEM A British study proposes a quick fix to boost the dwindling number of students opting to study science and math. |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2011
Brian Stoffel |
Shame of a Nation A New York Times article ironically shows how far we still have to go. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2000
Sarah M. Butzin |
Project Child: A Decade of Success for Young Children Does technology make a difference in helping children acquire the basic skills of reading, writing and mathematics? Yes, according to a decade of research on a computer-integrated instructional program... |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
Lisa Snell |
Schoolhouse Crock Why George W. Bush's education reforms won't change anything... |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2004
John Washburn |
Credit-Recovery Program Helps At-Risk Students Meet Promotional Requirements Proof of e-learning's success as part of credit recovery is in the high number of students within this school who stay with the program until the end and gain credits needed for promotion. |
Registered Rep.
September 17, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College Rankings Are Not Accurate People don't appreciate that U.S. News doesn't even attempt to measure the type of learning going on at the nation's colleges and universities. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2005 |
Math+Music program The program utilizes Spatial Temporal Animation Reasoning (STAR) software games that allow students to visualize the problem, identify the structure, and plan steps ahead in their mind to avoid obstacles and efficiently solve the problem. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 2008 |
Extracurricular :: For technologists who do their homework Technology-aided instructional practices are key to successful teaching in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math. McKinley Technology High School's testing scores are proof of that |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
The Smartest Move Colleges Ever Made Eliminating the middleman serves both schools and students. Colleges are at least making the right response to the credit crisis by making loans directly to their students. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2007 |
PracticePlanet by Siboney Learning Group Siboney Learning Group has announced PracticePlanet, a web-based program that gives students confidence answering practice questions similar to those on standardized tests. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2005
G. Brock Williams |
LearnStar Empowers Texas Tech Students The interactive instructional tool LearnStar dramatically boosts tests scores and learning. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 9, 2009
Jennifer Demski |
Learning to Speak Math The presence of a bilingual educator is proving pivotal to the success of technology initiatives aimed at developing Spanish-speaking students' grasp of both the concepts and the language of mathematics. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 2007
Mary Ann Wolf |
Systemic School Reform :: A Guiding Hand A systemic approach to school reform demands leaders with vision, who understand how every step of their efforts fits together to support teachers and benefit students. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2005
Geoffrey Fletcher |
Building a Better Assessment Program Now is the time to utilize the technology we have, to create a system that encourages students to learn rather than just pass a test. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 1999
Jody C. Isernhagen |
Technology: A Major Catalyst for Increasing Learning "If you can conceive of it, you can achieve it." (Kennedy Space Center, Florida) A rural Nebraska public school district adopted this philosophy when they applied for a three-year competitive Excellence in Education Grant in late 1995.... |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2000 |
Leading Elementary Students Through the Jungle How Maxwell Elementary School greatly improved student performance. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2002
Dan Holden |
The Litany Investigating the organizational changes needed to make technology effective in the classroom and create an environment where no child is left behind |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2002
Rushton Hurley |
Fine-Tuning an Online High School to Benefit At-Risk Students In late 2001, San Antonio, Texas, started a virtual school designed to give students a new environment in which to pursue their high school studies. The experience challenged those of us running the program to repeatedly revisit assumptions about learning and administration. |
Registered Rep.
October 15, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College at a Discount Next year, a Minnesota-based university will cut its tuition by 33 percent for all its students. Others will likely follow. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2009 |
Student Attitudes: Online Learning Students participating in a survey reveal their opinions about online learning courses. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 2006
Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Using Technology to Maintain Competitiveness: How to Get Our Groove Back As China and India threaten the supremacy of the US economy, our best hope for keeping pace is putting ed tech funding to use to galvanize education. |
