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Feb 13

Poverty Does Affect Achievement

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Assessment
February 13, 2013

While I don’t agree that standardized test scores should be used to inform more than what they inform, I do use the test scores to see what trends have been happening with my students. See, I’m not entirely opposed to using standardized test scores, just NOT to determine whether my students should advance or graduate …

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Oct 17

Ed Reform? Okay.

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News
October 17, 2010

I’ve never been a fan of teaching to a state test. I don’t mind assessing my students and I think it’s all right if students take common assessments to see how they’re doing. When I start teaching in South Central Los Angeles back in 1991 students were taking the CTBS multiple choice test. Knowing that …