The Procrustean bed of teacher tests
Mike Petrilli’s stab at the Sonia Sotomayor nomination via the Massachusetts teacher tests is a little askew, and I’m surprised he didn’t look at an obvious dilemma that’s deeper than the politics of a judicial nomination. Several former teachers have sued the state (and Pearson) for what they claim is a discriminatory impact of teacher […]
Texas, South Carolina, Missouri, and Alaska
I know that the reports of the common-standards agreement shepherded by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association describe a few different reasons for why four states have not joined in a standards framework that is probably going to be about as close to a less-is-more approach as one can […]