PORTLAND (AP) — Standardized testing results for Maine are in and while students scored high in English and science, fewer than half scored proficiently in math. The Portland Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/2hqIGqs ) the results include students in third through eighth grades and juniors in high school who took the SAT. Test results show 53 […]
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This weekend’s Record Store Day inspired by Bull Moose founder
Chris Brown poses with and an orange vinyl recording of Stories for Ways and Means and Slick Rick’s The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, a 7-inch single packaged in a board book, at Bull Moose Music in Portland, Maine, Friday, April 14, 2017. Brown, a Bull Moose employee, hatched the idea for Record Store Day […]
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Lewiston leads the way in push to opt out of school testing
AUGUSTA — With a strong push from Lewiston parents and educators, a growing rebellion against the test-taking rules adopted at both the state and federal levels aims to make it easier for students to sit out the exams. They’re prodding lawmakers to do more to let parents know they’re free to opt out from having […]
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DNA test brings Florida man ‘home’ to Maine
MADAWASKA — Gary Skillings’ life has all the elements of a good mystery novel: A mother’s mysterious pregnancy, family intrigue, DNA research and the discovery of long-lost relatives thousands of miles away. Skillings, 57, grew up happily in Scarborough after being adopted as an infant from St. Andre Home, then operated by the Good Shepherd […]
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Testing opt-out bill passes Maine House, goes to Senate
AUGUSTA — The Maine House has given initial approval to a bill that supporters say will ensure parents know their right to opt their children out of standardized tests. The House rejected an effort to kill the bill with an 80-62 vote Friday. The chamber then sent the bill to the Senate. Parents are already […]
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Legislative committee votes to throw out Smarter Balanced test
LEWISTON – Karen McClure-Richard, the parent of two Lewiston students who she opted out of standardized tests, said Monday she’s delighted the legislative Education Committee voted unanimously to recommend axing the controversial Smarter Balance test in Maine. The committee is recommending Maine find a new test to give students statewide. McClure-Richard leads an “Opt Out […]
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Emily Talmage: Assessment tests won’t improve quality of education
As a teacher of 20 vibrant, curious and, yes, often challenging fourth graders at Montello Elementary School in Lewiston, I constantly search for ways to improve my students’ learning experiences and to understand what will best help them succeed. So, like many teachers around the state, as I began hearing about the new Smarter Balanced […]
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Testing up, out: New CMCC test lab offers industry certifications, college credit
AUBURN — The young man stepped away from the bank of computers, back out through the glass doors and grabbed his keys and wallet while Dan Dundore retrieved his test results. He’d driven more than an hour Tuesday to sit for three tests in a row. “Good news, there’s a ‘P’ next to all these,” […]
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Maine radon testing office overwhelmed
AUGUSTA (AP) — State officials say it appears most landlords around Maine are trying to comply with a new requirement that they test for radon, but most waited until the last minute. Bob Stilwell, head of the radon program for the state, said his office was getting hundreds of calls per day in the days […]