Tag: Washington State

Jan 21

Making a Case Against High Stakes Testing

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News
January 21, 2011

What if you had the chance to speak to your state’s legislators and help them understand some of the finer points of why high stakes standardized testing, especially when your state doesn’t even have a handle on which test are aligned to which set of standards, just isn’t a good idea? Well, one of our …

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Dec 13

Social Networking Opportunity

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News
December 13, 2010

So last Thursday I got a call from the project director of the North Cascades and Olympic Science Partnership (NCOSP), Dr. Carolyn Landel. I was fortunate enough to be able to participate in the NCOSP trainings and summer academies from 2004 to 2007. It was an incredible boost to my learning about Science and how …