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2004 Archives
Time Out From Testing has archived the following articles from 2004.

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12-28-04Do good state test scores signal good students? Not necessarilyDemocrat and Chronicle
12-17-04City High School Students Lag in Regents Test ScoresNew York Times
12-16-04Regents: Under 70 percent graduate high school in four yearsNewsday
11-04Framing Statements on Assessment: Revised Report of the Assessment and Testing Study Group of the NCTE Executive CommitteeNCTE Executive Committee
12-7-04The schools that Finnish top EducationGuardian.co.uk
12-4-04COLLEGE BOARD ASKS GROUP NOT TO POST TEST ANALYSISNew York Times
11-21-04The Flawed Thinking Behind ‘No Excuses’---
9-30-04Bush's NO Child Left Behind Action Plan Gets Failing Grades---
9-20-04State moves to dump school test overseerLas Vegas Sun
9-19-04Students are prone to exam anxietyWashington Post
9-05-04Good Schools or Bad? Ratings Baffle ParentsNew York Times
7-20-04STATE POLS PASS BILL TO END COLLEGES' RELIANCE ON SATS New York Post
7-14-04Test Question No. 1: Why Have These Tests?  (an article about Jane R. Hirschmann)New York Times
5-13-04An in-depth report by the Poughkeepsie Journal looked at the effects of the Regents exams. In this report, students, parents and educators share the benefits and the drawbacks of the high-stakes tests. The report looks at the history of the tests, the recent controversy created by the high failure rates on the Math A and physics exams, as well as the state Education Department's attempts to address the problems.
Click here to read all 13 articles
Poughkeepsie Journal
7-6-04Bills would ease testingRochester Democrat and Chronicle
6-25-04Anti-Testing Advocates Give Senate High Marks on Passage of Bills The New York Sun
5-15-04More Youths Opt for G.E.D., Skirting High-School HurdleNew York Times
5-19-04Protesters: Standardized Tests Tool Of SegregationWNBC
5-9-04For a Historic Anniversary, Few Hurrahs for New YorkNew York Times
5-4-04Popular Despite ResearchCatalyst Chicago
4-28-04Putting the test to the testBrighton-Pittsford Post
4-27-04Regents Exams ChangesAlbany Times-Union
3-18-04More Students Passing Regents, but Achievement Gap PersistsNYTimes
2-26-04Fairport grades ignore RegentsRochester Democrat and Chronicle
2-26-04Worst Rates of Graduation Are in New York, Study Says New York Times
2-17-04Seeking Alternatives to Standardized TestingWashington Post
2-12-04State drops in rules, & students drop outNY Daily News
2-5-04'No Child' rebellion picking up momentum The Salt Lake Tribune
1-23-04 NO CHILD'S BEHIND LEFT: The State of the Union's New Educational EugenicsBy Greg Palast
1-23-04Va. Seeks To Leave Bush Law BehindWashington Post
1-21-04On Education: Students Pass, but Schools Fail?New York Times
1-12-04Record readers draw line in the sand on Regents Record Online
1-2-2004Some School Districts Challenge Bush’s Signature Education LawNew York Times

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Did You Know?
Did you know that charter schools in New York City enroll fewer students who qualify for free lunch and fewer homeless students?

Music Video: "Not on the Test"
Produced by: Public School Test Records and Grammy Award-winner Tom Chapin

Schools Cut Back Subjects to Push Reading and Math
Sam Dillon, New York Times

As Test-Taking Grows, Test-Makers Grow Rarer
David M. Herszenhorn, New York Times

Principals Face Review in Education Overhaul
Elissa Gootman, New York Times

"No Child Left Behind: The Test"
Stan Karp, Rethinking Schools

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More information against NCLB.

"Test Question No. 1: Why Have These Tests?"
NYT article on one of Time Out's strongest activists: Jane R. Hirschmann

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