Barone vs. Barone on goals: I am confused (with update)
For several years, DFER ((Democrats for Education Reform)) staff member Charlie Barone has been pointing out that the nominal 100%-proficient AYP requirement for 2014 is not, in fact, 100%: NCLB’s “safe harbor” provision allows schools to meet AYP if all subgroups improve in the proportion labeled “proficient” by a certain amount (or, rather, the formula […]
Writing History in the Digital Age: Open Review
If you are interested in commenting on a born-digital edited volume about historical scholarship while it is in progress, please head over to Writing History in the Digital Age (opens new window), to which I have contributed an essay. Today begins an open review period that will last through mid-November. Below is the open invitation from […]
Motion chart of international attainment patterns, 1960-2009
In approximately a month, I am presenting a paper on international attainment patterns at the History of Education Society annual meeting in Chicago. Below is a figure from the paper, a motion chart of attainment data for 25-29 year olds by level of schooling calculated from the harmonized attainment variable in the International Public Use […]
Verkauf von Trauer politics: the exhaust-the-listener poll
Fordham’s Gadfly blog is starting to flack a bad poll on public-employee collective bargaining, focusing on Ohio. I skimmed through the national poll results and the Ohio poll results, and the basic question I have on first reading is which masochists stayed on the phone through the end of the call? You don’t see any questions […]
“Credentialized badge” is an oxymoron?
A few additional thoughts on the Digital Media and Learning Competition badges for learning competition this year: ((On Friday I had a little Magritte-ish fun with the open badges idea, and in May I explained why badges may not be a great idea for students moving between institutions; think “credit transfer problem” multiplied many times […]