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Qualitative data on schools
Yesterday’s story in the Washington Post (hat tip) on in-person reviews of schools by external committees is one step in the right direction for accountability: using in-person eyeballs instead of just statistical eyeballs to see what should be done. Rhee sent teams of people into schools she wanted to change. There are some questions I […]
Political science/political philosophy and education policy
I was going to spend some time last night connecting my weekend entry on hubris to the debate over whether a preponderance-of-evidence standard is right for policy, when I discovered that the macrotheoretical gap had already been filled by Leo Casey’s point about seeing like a state, not like an educator. I’m expecting two quick-tongued […]
My graduation-rate regulatory comments
I finally had some time tonight to read the proposed regulatory changes for NCLB and focus on the graduation-rate piece. I decided to comment, and here’s the substance of my comments on the graduation-rate definition (below the cut):
The Indiana Jones response to philosophy-of-research blogging
Kevin Carey has his say on a preponderance-of-evidence standard on policy propositions (in response to an Eduwonkette discussion of growth measures). Skoolboy responds. I wouldn’t go all ad-lib-for-convenience on you all if it weren’t 11:20 at night, but I’m tired, and since this is a meta-discussion about judging teachers based on test scores, I’ll just […]
Legislative rolling and the New York budget language on tenure
One more thought on the New York state budget’s language placing a moratorium on using test scores to deny teachers tenure: I’m wondering how much of the ire directed at the legislature and the calumny aimed at NYSUT (the state teachers union affiliate) is about the process of how this happened—i.e., without the “right” people […]