Four fading fads and four future fetishes, 2011 version
Belated happy New Year! In the spirit of renewal, here is some clearing out of old cobwebs and identification of likely new ones. Fading and (briefly) the reason why I have some hope on these fronts:
Dan Goldhaber’s odd reasoning
… much of the debate about using value-added for teacher evaluation is framed around the potential consequences for teachers rather than focusing on the known or potential consequences for students. Dan Goldhaber, The Standard of Evidence for Change, [guest column in] Rick Hess Straight Up. Goldhaber's a smart man, which is why this tangential argument puzzles […]
Rick Scott’s pension shell game
So Rick Scott says he's worried about Florida's pension fund. Folks: at first glance, this looks to be a distraction and not about the pension fund's underlying stability. The Florida Retirement System (FRS) is the largest in the country that has neither financial experts nor stakeholders sitting on the governance board, and the St. Pete Times […]