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Sherman Dorn
Read Cliff Adelman’s new report
Cliff Adelman’s brand new report on international comparisons in higher-ed attainment (hat tip) is a must-read. I just wish I had enough time to read everything I should, including this item. (My reading lists: want to, need to, should have read three months ago.) I therefore assign you, my dear reader, to read the report. […]
Ready-made dissertation topic on local school politics
Anyone looking for a dissertation topic on school policy or politics can now rest easy: read the Palm Beach Post’s description of a local reform effort that blew up in the face of a superintendent. You’ve got everything in there from the data-driven mantra to parental backlash to odd bedfellows with the teachers union and […]
Do Times reporters know the difference between percentages and raw numbers?
I suspect the following is an unfortunate placement by the reporter on a story about record high percentages of young adults in college (with an emphasis on percentages): “What’s behind this,” Mr. [Richard] Fry added, “is that we have the biggest pool of young adults we’ve ever had who’ve finished high school.” I suspect that […]
Florida Student Group Fights for Zombie Rights
Tallahassee, Florida (Dissociated Press) — At an early-morning press conference in the state capital, five zombies attending Florida state universities announced the formation of the new organization Florida Upbeat Zephyr Zombies (FUZZ) to fight for zombie rights. “There are organizations that fight for the rights of students to be free from discrimination on all sorts […]
Channeling Jerry Bracey on “proficiency”: it’s political, not scientific
One of the late Jerry Bracey’s hobbyhorses was the pretense that the NAEP achievement level labels were scientific, as he argued in 1999: “The standards have generally been the object of scorn and derision from the psychometric community.” He was fond of quoting the 1999 report on NAEP proficiency levels, esp. from p. 162: ” […]