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Standards And Balanced Assessments

Relationships to the Roeper School’s Philosophy and Practices

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To do things the way they were done in the past will not help our youngsters face our changing times. The ability to recognize, choose, and invent options, the ability to decide to learn how to learn—all this will better equip our youngsters for the future.

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Johnsen, S.K. (2013). Standards And Balanced Assessments. In: Ambrose, D., Sriraman, B., Cross, T.L. (eds) The Roeper School. Advances in Creativity and Giftedness, vol 4. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-419-2_16

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