My College Retention course has provided me with a unique opportunity this semester. This semester our professor, Dr. Doug Guiffrida, has given my classmates and I the opportunity to be a mentor to an incoming freshman student. The goal of this project is for us to get hands on experience working with a freshman college student, and to hopefully make… Read more →
Welcome Back! Classes have begun here at Warner and I must say I am really enjoying my choices for this semester. This semester I am taking ED 436 How Universities Work; ED 430 College Retention: Theory, Research, and Practice; and EDU 576 Contemporary Issues in Higher Education. I have only had a couple classes of each so far, but they… Read more →
In last week’s blog, “Oh, so predictable: NY State Regents makes exams harder to pass,” I argued that changing the cut score so as to increase the failure rate on exams was predictable given the way in which test scores are manipulated to yield results favorable to a political agenda. This week I argue that by reporting test scores in… Read more →
Robert Linn, a leading researcher on standardized testing and past president (2002-03) of the prestigious American Educational Research Association, predicted years ago how high-stakes standardized testing would proceed. First, he said that states would lower the bar on the tests so that students test scores would, on average, improve every year. Such grade inflation would have two benefits. The Commissioner… Read more →
The following article was also published in La Voz Magazine on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Amalia has requested that we post her article in in this medium as well. Before I dive in on Latina/o education in Rochester, I just want to express so many thanks you’s to all of my family, friends and colleagues for their support after the passing… Read more →
With classes back in full swing, I am already preparing for my first presentation this week. My group will be presenting on Trait Theory in my leadership class and we had an interesting and fun time discussing what traits are needed to make a good leader. Are leaders born or are they made? Are we born with the traits needed… Read more →
Hey everyone! As my first semester here at the Warner school nears its end, I wanted to take a second to look back at the experience. Actually, I am just taking a break from writing all of my final papers that are due in the upcoming weeks! My experience at Warner during my first semester has been great. The classes… Read more →
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