Categories
Archives by date
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | |||||
Jay Mathews discusses the prospects for national testing
Sunday’s column by Washington Post writer Jay Mathews focuses on renewed arguments for a national test that every student would take. The dramatic difference between the proportions of students in various states’ being labeled proficient based on the state test vs. the National Assessment of Educational Progress is the fulcrum of the argument. I think. […]
Losing our way
Shameless plug: Fellow Haverford grad Ken Bernstein has a new post up at The Wall of Education called I think we have lost our way. Provocative, thoughtful stuff, regardless of the extent to which you agree with his perspective. (Disclosure: I’m a fellow writer on this multiblog.)
Ooh ooh! Mr. Kotter Rotherham!
In responding to my earlier discussion of teacher certification debates, Eduwonk Andy Rotherham writes, “What other $450 billion dollar industry can’t give you a decent denominator on productivity?” I presume he meant “indicator” or “measure.” Oh, my. What a question. I’ll just give one answer (though it’s not as large an industry): management consulting. There […]
Bulleted ed-policy sliders
Charter-school report? PDK/Gallup poll? I’ve been preparing for the semester and don’t have time for a long entry on this, but here are a few quick (and idiosyncratic) perspectives on the big education news today: While the responses on the poll to reform vs. alternative system have remained somewhat consistent over the years Gallup has […]
Necessary but Dull Wednesday
Today I’m pulling my own teeth, metaphorically speaking. No, I’m not talking about my checkup this afternoon but working on the references to Accountability Frankenstein. After finishing the text of chapter 2, there are a bunch of citations that I didn’t yet have in the references file, others I need to complete, and so forth. […]