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How I will judge reporting of the value-added scores in NYC
I am firmly of the belief that you lay out grading expectations for students with as much notice as possible, and so here is my grading scale for reporters and newspapers in handling the value-added scores that the city Department of Education is releasing today, after courts have mandated their release: A: Newspaper reporting on […]
Belated thoughts on New York’s teacher evaluation agreements
Loads of writing has passed since last week’s agreement in New York on teacher evaluations. See the following for a very brief sample: The extent to which local bargaining would still determine evaluation specifics. Andrew Cuomo’s defense of 40% from test scores in comparison with other states. Carol Corbett Burris’s argument for why the formula […]
An historian’s messy attempt to understand neoliberalism
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax– Of cabbages–and kings– And why the sea is boiling hot– And whether pigs have wings. ((Lewis Carroll, The Walrus and the Carpenter, in Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872)) “… And homo economicus, and sanctions that […]
My question for President Obama on his State of the Union address
The White House is accepting questions on the State of the Union address at its YouTube channel, so I decided to submit one: Mr. President, you have talked frequently about the need to avoid teaching to the test. Many educators believe Race to the Top is inconsistent with that value. Can you name one step […]
Myside bias in deciding “what to think” about research results–(S)extrapolation II
This morning, the New York Times carried a column by Nicholas Kristof talking about the import of the Chetty, Friedman, and Rockoff paper; later, Kevin Carey wrote a blog entry telling us what to think about the study. ((Yes, he used “what to think” in the entry title. Carey’s mind-control machinery isn’t working tonight, at […]