Fla.'s NCLB Waiver Request Tries New Tack With English Learners
The performance of some ELLs and other historically low-performing students would be measured as part of a subgroup called "Lowest-Performing 25%" Read Full Post >
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November 18, 2011
November 16, 2011
The 'Revolving Door' Problem in English-Learner Accountability
The ELL subgroup is in a state of constant flux, making it impossible for schools to take credit for the longer-term success of English-learners and to be held accountable when the students struggle. Read Full Post >
November 08, 2011
Hooray for the Long Island Principals!
Their letter is historic. It's the first time that a large number of administrators have spoken out in opposition to bad ideas. It represents hundreds of educators who are willing to stick their necks out, hundreds of educators wiling to speak truth to power, hundreds of educators who put their name on a statement to the state's highest education officials, with this simple message: "Stop! What you are doing is wrong. What you are imposing on us is untested. We believe it will be harmful to our students." Read Full Post >
October 26, 2011
There Are No Quick Fixes
We CANNOT afford the existing gross confusion between achievement and test scores. It has led us to promote the kind of education quick fix no one would propose for its "ruling class." Read Full Post >
October 18, 2011
If You Believe in Miracles, Don't Read This
But as long as public officials insist on making test scores the measure of teacher quality and school success, then their claims should be closely scrutinized using the metrics that they themselves have made the coin of the realm. Many of the schools that politicians hail as successes have records no different from other schools that the politicians are closing. Read Full Post >
October 11, 2011
Resolution Reached in Los Angeles District Civil Rights Probe
The Los Angeles school district agrees to set up a new master plan for English-language learners and provide more resources for African-American students in resolving a civil rights investigation by the U.S. Department of Education. Read Full Post >
October 11, 2011
What Can We Learn From Finland?
Finland rightly deserves attention today as a nation that treats its children as a precious resource and that honors the adults who make education their passion and their career. Read Full Post >
September 20, 2011
Kansas City Loses State Accreditation
The state vote gives the school system two years to turn around, or face a state takeover. Read Full Post >
September 20, 2011
Why Naming Names Is Wrong
Even researchers who support the use of value-added assessment for teacher evaluation have warned that it is wrong to name names. Read Full Post >
August 22, 2011
Cheating Scandal Newsflash: Teachers Aren't Plaster Saints!
As I noted last Thursday, I'm fairly confident that isolated cheating scandals will eventually snowball. After all, I'm a pretty bleak person, and yet even I've been surprised to learn just how incredibly lax test security was in cities like Atlanta, Philadelphia, and DC--even as we amped up the si... Read Full Post >
