Round up of interesting things to read

A slew of things that came through over the weekend of interest:

• Among the things we're discussing tomorrow is the question of if we need to add keyboarding due to PARCC; other districts are already doing it.
• We in Massachusetts keep looking for a real adequacy study; Maryland, which was 10 years behind us in reworking their formula, already is doing one.
• One hopes that at some point we're going to realize that teaching kindergartners to take multiple choice tests is a waste of time.
• An interesting look at the correlation between a rise in ADHD diagnosis and the adoption of No Child Left Behind.
• A curious one on how empathy helps children recognize sarcasm.
• And a great run through from Gary Rubinstein on the way we teach math and how we may be killing any love for it in the process.

PARCC assessment update

Perda: PARCC has grown out of some of the RTTT program from the federal government
(the other is SMARTER Balanced..almost all states are part of one or the other)