Why education reform keeps failing?David Cohen: Niche ?reforms? like this could not do enough by themselves to offer real improvement, even if they were accurate and reliable, which they are not.?
Merit Pay Loses Luster?Huffington Post:?Two competing pressures--decreased finances and rising policy interest--have left the future of performance-based teacher compensation uncertain.?
"Fundamentally Devoid of Value Judgement?"?Tom Hoffman:?Is this how David Levin actually thinks??As you can see above, the strengths and virtues chosen certainly reflect value judgements.
Concerns and Recommendations on USDOE Waiver Process?DFER: ?Some states [such as California and Mississippi] should be ineligible for goal-lowering waivers prima facie.?
How to Stop the Drop in Verbal Scores?ED Hirsch (NYT):?Attention to these structural issues has led to improvements in the best public schools, charter and noncharter. But it is not enough.?
School district uses Race to the Top money for public relations?The Answer Sheet:?A school district that is a finalist for the soon-to-be announced $1 million 2011 Broad Prize for Urban Education is embarking on a public relations effort to end public opposition to its school reform program, which includes a slew of new standardized tests.
Two easy steps to catch cheating schools?LAT (editorial):?California should analyze the multiple-choice test forms to see if they have unusual numbers of erasures. And it should flag schools where the improvement in test scores seems too good to be true.
Pearson Sends Education Commissioners on Free Trips?Winerip (NYT): ?The Knowledge Network, a division of The New York Times Company that provides courses and education services, has also sponsored some events for the state school officers? group.?
Source: http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/thisweekineducation/2011/09/asdfsd.html
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