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2005 Archives
Time Out From Testing has archived the following articles from 2005.

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12-16-05Overcoming Obstacles to ProgressWashington Post
12-16-05Why Johnny won't work: America's training crisisPhiladelphia Enquirer
12-6-05Students Ace State Tests, but Earn D's From U.S.New York Times
11-10-05The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools.National Center of Education Statistics (NCES)
11-10-05New York Education Gets Failing GradeWalter Haney
10-16-05ON EDUCATION; One Secret to Better Test Scores: Make State Reading Tests EasierNew York Times
9-20-05The Seven Deadly Absurdities Of No Child Left BehindGerald W. Bracey
9-8-05The Reality of No Child Left BehindBy Keisha Mitchell, 16, Connect For Kids
9-8-05Can We See the Racism of Testing Now?Monmouth University
8-22-05City schools dump Iowa TestChicago Sun Times
8-22-05Important New Study: Our Impoverished View of Educational ReformTC Record
8-18-05Many Going to College Are Not Ready, Report SaysNew York Times
8-18-05Panel Votes to Hold Back 7th Graders Who Fail English TestNew York Times
8-18-05Test mania is crushing the dreams of many studentsNew York Times
8-18-05What Students Hate To DoThe Age
7-1-05Students Take The Lead: Personal Protests Against High Stakes TestsNew York Times
7-1-05Test Scores Are Up. So Why Isn't Everybody Cheering?New York Times
7-1-05State rescores Regents math examsNewsday
7-1-05State Lowers Passing Score for a Regents Math ExamNew York Times
7-1-05THE LEGISLATIVE FIGHT: Another Letter in Response to "Standards" EditorialNew York Times Letters to the Editor
6-23-05State Agrees for 28 Schools to Stay Free of Regents TestsNew York Times
6-23-05THE LEGISLATIVE FIGHT: 6 Letters in Response to "Standards" EditorialNew York Times Letters to the Editor
6-22-05THE LEGISLATIVE FIGHT: 5 Letters in Response to "Standards" EditorialNew York Times Letters to the Editor
6-21-05THE LEGISLATIVE FIGHT: 4 Letters in Response to "Standards" EditorialNew York Times Letters to the Editor
6-21-05THE LEGISLATIVE FIGHT: 1 Letter in Response to "Standards" EditorialNew York Times Letters to the Editor
6-21-05THE LEGISLATIVE FIGHT: 7 Letters in Response to "Standards" EditorialNew York Times Letters to the Editor
6-21-05THE LEGISLATIVE FIGHT: Educational Standards Under AssaultNew York Times Editorial
6-21-05Holdouts Against Standard Tests Are Under Attack in New YorkNew York Times
6-21-05Here are the reasons why I didn't graduate from Federal Hocking last weekendThe Athens News
6-10-05Senator Saland Bill: Debate TranscriptNew York State Senate
6-8-05Protecting Our Schools That Work---
5-29-05Letter to the Editor: Dan Dmacich, co-chair New York Performance Standards ConsortiumNew York Times
5-2-05Department of Education: Social promotion is a thing of the past!
Educators: Social promotions is a thing of the present and future!
Education News
4-28-05"SKILL GAP" BETWEEN RACES STAGNANTChicago Sun Times
4-26-05Governor worried about costs of Bush education reform lawNew York Times
4-19-05HIGH-STAKES TESTS FOR STUDENTS OFTEN FAIL TO MAKE THE GRADE, NATIONAL ANALYSIS FINDS****NEWS RELEASE
4-13-05L.A. Schools Chief Told to Draft Policy on DropoutsL.A. Times Staff Writer
3-15-05No Child Left Behind Tests Worry TeachersAssociated Press National Wire
4-14-05Pulling all the wrong stringsDallas Morning News
4-13-05Study Finds Shortcomings in New Law on EducationNew York Times
4-7-05Reporters need to look inside the classroom.Columbia Journalism Review
4-6-05CHEATING 'RINGS'The New York Post
4-3-05Multiple Measures Approaches to High School Graduation [Download PDF]The School Redesign Network At Stanford University
3-31-05The Truth About Education in NYCWest Side Spirit
3-27-05Marion Brady's columnThe Orlando Sentenial
3-27-05The City: Crying Wolf on School PolicyNew York Times
3-18-05High-Stakes Tests for Students Often Fail to Make the Grade, National Analysis FindsGreat Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice
3-10-05Racial Test Gap Persists, State Figures ShowNew York Times
3-9-05Reality weighs down dreams of collegeDaily News
3-9-05Test-Prep Firms Bribing Students Just To Show UpThe Sun
3-9-05'Tutor' EthicsNY Post
3-8-05Test prep saps teaching time - UFTDaily News
3-8-05Carol Bellamy among new state RegentsNewsday
2-11-05Middle School Can Change Requirements, Regents Rule New York Times
1-28-05Private school students home free on testsDemocrat & Chronicle
1-29-05New York Plans Test to Affirm Fitness for JobsNew York Times
1-30-05Response to above NYT article.Letter to New York Times
1-18-05Web Site Reveals What Armstrong Williams and George Bush Don´t Want You to Know: NCLB Isn´t WorkingNewswire
1-16-05How We LearnNew York Times
1-13-05The Flawed Thinking Behind ‘No Excuses’---
1-11-2005High-Stakes Testing Leaving Some Behind?People for the American Way

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David M. Herszenhorn, New York Times

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

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