Educational Links 7/19/17

Traditional assessment rewards the wrong behaviors-here’s why

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/06/16/av-traditional-assessment-wrong/

Betsy DeVos Calls for New Way Forward on Sexual Assault, But No Specifics

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2017/07/betsy_devos_calls_for_a_title_.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

The Best Source Of Education Research Is Your Classroom

http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/best-source-education-research-classroom/?utm_content=buffer3a0bb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Motivating Students to Read

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/motivating-students-read-donna-wilson-marcus-conyers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29

Can Processing Speed Ever Improve?

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/information-processing-issues/can-processing-speed-ever-improve?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg

Podcast: Interview With…Me On Parent Engagement

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2017/07/18/podcast-interview-with-me-on-parent-engagement/

Why Americans Think So Poorly of the Country's Schools

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/07/the-education-perception-gap/533898/

Asked to assign letter grades to their children’s schools, the vast majority of parents—generally around 70 percent—issue As and Bs. If those ratings were compiled the way a student’s grade point average is calculated, the public schools would collectively get a B.

When asked to rate the nation’s schools, however, respondents are far less sanguine. Reflecting on public schools in general, a similar share of respondents—roughly 70 percent—confer a C or D. Again calculated as a GPA, America’s schools get a C or C-.