EDUCATION EXTRA.Byline: The Register-Guard Computer, paper/pencil tests judged comparable A study of Oregon's computer-based and conventional paper-and-pencil tests found that the two are comparable, the Oregon Department of Education The Department of Education of the U.S. state of Oregon is responsible for implementation of state policies with respect to public education at the kindergarten through community college level, including academic standards and testing, credentials, and other matters not reserved to announced last week. The study showed that not only do groups of students receive similar scores on Technology Enhanced Student Assessment, or TESA TESA Technology Enhanced Student Assessment (Oregon schools) TESA Teacher Expectations/Student Achievement TESA Testicular Epididymal Sperm Aspiration TESA Telefonica de España S.A. , and paper-and-pencil tests, but individual students receive similar scores regardless of the type of test given. The findings should ease concerns among school districts, which were unexpectedly required to abandon TESA for paper-pencil tests after the state and its TESA contractor severed ties over a billing dispute. The new comparability study was required as part of the state's peer review process. The U.S. Department of Education uses peer reviews, involving experts in the fields of standards and assessments, to determine whether states have met the testing requirements under the No Child Left Behind law. Kelly Middle School misses national award After being named a semifinalist earlier this spring, Eugene's Kelly Middle School learned last week that it lost out on a National School Change Award. The award is given to six schools in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. with impressive turnaround stories. Kelly, which has seen substantial gains in student achievement and behavior in recent years, was the only Oregon school in the running. Superintendent George Russell For other persons named George Russell, see George Russell (disambiguation). George Allen Russell (born June 23, 1923) is an American jazz pianist, composer and theorist. nominated the school for the national award three years ago, but it was not successful. The program's sponsors, the American Association of School Administrators The American Association of School Administrators (AASA), founded in 1865, is the professional organization for more than 13,000 educational leaders across the United States. and Fordham University Fordham University (fôr`dəm), in New York City; Jesuit; coeducational; founded as St. John's College 1841, chartered as a university 1846; renamed 1907. Fordham College for men and Thomas More College for women merged in 1974. , had encouraged Kelly administrators to try for the award again this year. |
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