Word: testes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...concern for education, well intentioned though it may be, has lately manifested itself in an insistence on such standards as test scores or dress codes or class size. But like the tag on a wing of a butterfly, such mandates must be applied gently. Too much testing will cut into the work that teachers and students should be doing; uniforms should not stifle efforts to bring out the individuality in each student; a large class with an inspiring leader is far better than a small class with a mediocre teacher...
...better illustrate what makes a good school, TIME has chosen three as shining examples--two of them middle schools, the third a secondary school combining Grades 7 through 12. They were selected in part because middle schools are an especially tough test for educators who have to swim upstream against the changes of adolescence and the customary disappearance of parental involvement at that stage. These three have also succeeded despite a profile that seems to predict failure or mediocrity: a majority of minority students, limited resources and membership in a large school system. They, and thousands of other outstanding public...
...change that means the most to critics of education is that Stanford's test scores are on the rise--particularly in mathematics, where the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders were, respectively, in the state's 77th, 74th and 66th percentile rank. Another measure of the school's success is its desirability: four years ago, the school accepted every student who applied; this year 200 students had to be turned away...
Central Park East Secondary School is an experiment that has withstood the test of time. A few years ago, it was one of the most celebrated alternative schools in the country. Deborah Meier, its founder in 1985, was the first public school teacher ever awarded a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, and she wrote a book about her experience, The Power of Their Ideas...
...schools (25 altogether) are still too new to show definitive results, but initial reports from pioneers like Wichita suggest that the project may be on to something. By knitting together a new community of parents, teachers and students, Edison appears to be teaching children to learn more quickly, test better and master technology more smoothly than many of their traditionally educated counterparts. So far, it seems to be achieving this at no extra cost to taxpayers...