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An award-winning newsletter for preK-12 teachers and administrators, the Harvard Education Letter brings together the latest resesarch and analysis on issues that affect school performance.
 

In the July/August 2008 issue

Taking the Measure of New Teachers
California shifts from standardized tests to performance-based assessment as a condition of licensure
by Robert Rothman

Conversation with Katherine K. Merseth
When 1/2 + 1/3 = 2/5
Investigating student thinking to teach fractions well

What’s Wrong with Wrong Answers?
Standardized tests fail to capture this important data source
by Rebecca Kopriva

Small Kids, Big Words
Research-based strategies for building vocabulary from preK to grade 3
by Laura Pappano
(May/June 2008)

Educating Teenage Immigrants
High schools experiment with ways to group new English-language learners
by Lucy Hood
(March/April 2008)

A Guide on the Side
Mentors help new leaders prepare for life in the principal's office
by Robert Rothman
(January/February 2008)

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