Belated kudos to Broader, Bolder and to Fordham
In the whirlwind of my obligations this year, my reading has lagged, and I am late in recommending and praising two reports published in the first half of 2009: The Broader, Bolder Approach’s accountability report, published in late June. This report suggests combining the use of achievement test data and on-site school inspections for school-level […]
Proposed ground rules on teacher evaluation and test discussion
Seeing how too many writers about Race to the Top, tests, and teacher evaluation would have taken actions in the Cuban Missile Crisis that would have led to nuclear war–i.e., seeing the worst in opponents, or maybe seeing posturing as the best path forward for themselves personally or for their positions (sound like the health-care […]