One step in the right direction… but let’s end single “national evaluation” studies
As Stephen Sawchuk notes, the stimulus bill package requires randomly-controlled studies of federally-funded performance pay (from the Teacher Incentive Fund, which is receiving $$BIG in the stimulus). From pp. 166-167 of the draft: Provided further, That a portion of these funds shall also be used for a rigorous national evaluation by the Institute of Education […]
A wish for honest arguments
Since Jennifer Jennings and Aaron Pallas are providing their wish list for the new administration this week, I’ll chime in with a hope that Paul Krugman’s observation for the economic policy team is also true in education. Here is what Krugman wrote January 10 when discussing the Romer-Bernstein graph on the anticipated effects of the […]