WASL

Margolis VANCOUVER – The federal government’s Race to the Top program for improving American education won’t work because it’s based on a faulty assumption, according to a WSU expert in teacher development.   “There is no one national version of a quality teacher,” said Associate Professor Jason Margolis. “Successful teaching depends on where teachers are, […]

Steve Hirsch, a clinical assistant professor at WSU Spokane, has developed a series of quick predictor tests that are helping teachers identify students now who are at risk of failing the WASL next spring. Likening these tests to health screenings, Hirsch said, “We do it for vision, we do it for hearing, we even do […]