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Young student’s views of NAPLAN: impact on wellbeing through drawn responses
Frontiers in EducationStandardized testing of academic knowledge is common in many developed countries. In Australia, the process implemented is the National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN).
Pauline Roberts, Lennie Barblett
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Standardized Testing: An Overview for Pre-Service Teachers
Northwest Journal of Teacher Education, 2013 This paper serves as an overview for pre-service teachers of the current realities of standardized testing and offers some considerations when entering their first classrooms, where these assessments will most likely be a reality.
Kurtis Hewson, John Poulsen
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.We present robust protocols for the preparation of supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) incorporating either Salmonella smooth LPS or outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). We use a combination of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM‐D) and fluorescence microscopy to both characterize the SLBs of various compositions and to probe their interactions ...
Hudson P. Pace +6 more
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Standardized Performance Testing of Ultrasonic Testing Technicians
Ultrasonic testing (UT) is a commonly used inspection method for buildings and bridges, yet variability in inspector performance has brought the validity of the UT process into question.
Rose Marie Raffin (18197035)
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Education Reform: Ten Years after the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993
Nonpartisan Education Review, 2005 In June 1993, Governor William Weld signed into law the Massachusetts Education Reform Act (MERA). MERA greatly increased the state role both in funding public education and in guiding the local educational process.
Linda Driscoll, Joseph B. Berger, Ronald K. Hambleton, Lisa A. Keller, Robert W. Maloy, David Hart, Paul Oh, Victoria Getis, Susan Bowles, Francis L. Gougeon, Kathryn A. McDermott, Andrew Churchill
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Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013 This study investigated the effects of immigration and home language on academic achievement over time. Using data from Ontario’s Assessments of Reading, Writing and Mathematics administered to the same students in Grades 3 and 6, logistic regression was
Orlena Patricia Broomes
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Drosophila park mutants serve as a model for Parkinson's disease. We used this strain to investigate the connection between oxidative stress and the circadian clock mechanism. We showed that increased oxidative stress affects the physiology of pacemaker cells, disrupting their daily structural plasticity. Lack of rhythmic signaling from pacemaker cells
Kamila Zientara +3 more
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Beyond Exit Exams: The Effects of Standardized Tests on Student Academic Success
, 2015 There is much debate over the best way to measure academic achievement of students in public schools. One of the primary methods being used is administering state-wide exams each year to measure progress.
Gamez, Alette
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The Pernicious Predictability of State-Mandated Tests of Academic Achievement in the United States
Education SciencesThe purpose of this study was to determine the predictiveness of community and family demographic variables related to the development of student academic background knowledge on the percentage of students who pass a state-mandated, commercially prepared,
Jamil Maroun, Christopher H. Tienken
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