Comments on: To raise test scores, plant a garden http://hechingered.org/content/to-raise-test-scores-plant-a-garden_1522/ By The Hechinger Report Mon, 13 May 2013 20:45:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: To raise test scores, plant a garden « By SARAH GARLAND http://hechingered.org/content/to-raise-test-scores-plant-a-garden_1522/comment-page-1/#comment-93 To raise test scores, plant a garden « By SARAH GARLAND Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:46:09 +0000 http://hechingered.org/?p=1522#comment-93 [...] July 29, 2010 Ignoring tests could be a great way to improve test scores, or so suggested a story in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend. In response to pressure to raise achievement, administrators at a struggling New Jersey school planted a garden. They also added a peer-mediation program and invited “scholars to teach art, dance and music.” Over a decade, test scores rose dramatically. READ MORE… [...]

]]> By: Esteban Rodriguez http://hechingered.org/content/to-raise-test-scores-plant-a-garden_1522/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Esteban Rodriguez Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:26:54 +0000 http://hechingered.org/?p=1522#comment-74 Excellent work, Ms. Garland.

It is rare to find a nuanced article on education that promotes the need for research.

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