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What not to do on pay-for-performance
A new report on pay-for-performance plans (by Joan Baratz-Snowden) was released by the Center on American Progress, and if you strip out all the political and other analysis, here’s the gist of the report: We know what not to do on pay for performance. That’s important: I’m glad to see my state described as the […]
NCLB reauthorization dead until 2008
One Nevada newspaper is report that the Senate Won’t Take Up NCLB this year (hat tip: Michele McLaughlin). This wasn’t hard to predict, to be honest. Once we get into 2008, the legislative calendar will become increasingly bogged down with other matters, and while individual legislators (including chairs) may have an incentive to move bills, […]
Diane Ravitch’s disillusionment
From Diane Ravitch’s latest entry in Bridging Differences: Now that the president and the U.S. Department of Education have made it their business to show that federal legislation can and will raise test scores, every release of NAEP data is accompanied by a press statement from the U.S. Secretary of Education that magnifies slight gains […]
On metaphors and people
A few days ago I commented on an Eduwonk entry about Michelle Rhee’s wanting more convenient dismissal options for non-unionized central-office staff… and teachers, in part to give some positive reinforcement for the decision to allow comments and in part because there are some interesting ideas in the entry that I wanted to follow up […]
President Bush guarantees irrelevance on NCLB
President Bush has promised a veto of any NCLB reauthorization with significant changes he would interpret as weakening the bill’s accountability provisions. The policy influence of this White House continues to recede. And along with the veto threat, the president decided to misinterpret the concerns many have with teaching to the test: People say, well, […]