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PISA Panic?

Donna Miller Fry3 Comments on PISA Panic?PISA

The latest PISA results are about to be released to the public. How will the media spin the latest results? What outrage will surface? What drastic policy shifts will happen as a result? What pressure will be put on front line educators because of how their jurisdiction fares in the rankings? Why are we obsessed […]

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Learning from Singapore: Pak Tee Ng and the Focus on “Teach Less, Learn More”

Donna Miller Fry7 Comments on Learning from Singapore: Pak Tee Ng and the Focus on “Teach Less, Learn More”@fryed, creativity, Donna Fry, Donna Miller Fry, lead, learn, Ontario, ossemooc, Pak Tee Ng, PISA, share, Singapore, Teach Less Learn More, test scores

#uLead15 was an opportunity for educators to hear from some of the leaders in education where PISA scores are consistently the highest. It was obvious that the leading PISA countries do not use strategies like practicing test writing, teaching to the test, focusing on “moving the high level two students to level three”, data walls, […]

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