There was an article in the recent issue of Education Week entitled Experts to Weigh in on Common Tests. They will have their chance to speak to U.S. Department of Education in Atlanta, Boston and Denver. A bit of background. Forty-eight of the 50 states have agreed to work together to develop “common academic standards” in math and language arts. In order to measure these standards, the Department of Education wants to develop a...
Note: This is the second post by Dr. Ingvar Stål, Senior lecturer in physics, chemistry, and science at the Botby Junior High School. In his first post,...




