Claudio Sanchez says “HLM”
Todays’ the day that NPR education reporter Claudio Sanchez said hierarchical linear modeling on air. This story was really about the public brouhaha over the did-she-or-didn’t-she-downplay-the-study controversy on the public/private analysis of NAEP, but it’s nice for the phrase to be out in public. Maybe this means that Sanchez will report on Jenny D.‘s dissertation? […]
More on the politics of thresholds
Just a few days after I wrote about cut scores or thresholds, uber-conservative Charles Murray criticizes NCLB for relying on them for proficiency labels (subscription required), accountability nihilist Susan Ohanian praises him, and Ford Foundation staffer Michael Petrilli talks back at Murray. (Hat tip: Andrew Rotherham.) Update: Manhattan Institute’s Jay Greene and Marcus Winters have […]