Unqualified editorializing
Last week USA Today provided a good example of how wishful thinking gets in the way of common sense judgments. When NAEP reported a 9-point drop in the achievement gap for 9-year olds between 1999 and...
View ArticleNo, the #tests need to go, #NYT
Haters going to hate, right? Test haters will inevitably blame the standardized testing mandated by the federal No Child Left Behind act for inducing this kind of misconduct. The tests remain a crucial...
View ArticleThe Nation’s Report Card on Corporate Ed Reform Comes Home
The Milton Friedman disciples who came to Washington with the Gipper in 1980 were intent upon smashing the public school system, beginning with the newly-formed U. S. Department of Education. Reagan’s...
View Article#NAEP #science results released for 8th grade. Thoughts?
Education week has some commentary and analysis on the 8th grade NAEP science results. You know, I’m a little bit surprised here. Considering how little value science has had since NCLB, especially in...
View Article@dianeravitch is talking about @shankerinst who’s talking about MD
I’m in MD. Might I know something about it? I don’t really follow Matt Di Carlo, but I have to say that I don’t quite get the satire. If you have to explain it’s satire, then I think you missed it....
View ArticleJason Stanford rightly states “Time to Stop Waiting for Superman”
“According to Whitmire, Rhee and Fenty should have paid heed to the “fears” of African Americans, but not because there were any actual race issues during Rhee’s tenure. Racism in DC is all done...
View ArticleAfter Forty Years of Test-Based Acccountability, Almost Nothing and Less than...
The federal information clearinghouse, ERIC, had 9 entries for the subject, “educational accountability,” in 1970. By 1972, there were 440 entries for that year. In 2010, the number of entries...
View ArticleHave Four Decades of Test Based Accountability Closed the Public and Catholic...
One way to gauge the effects of over four decades of more testing with higher stakes is to examine how NAEP public school scores compare over time with the Catholic schools, which have not and do not...
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