This post was also published on Anthony Cody's blog, Living in Dialog at Education Week, January 15, 2012. The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) wants to insure that every teacher in the U.S. is evaluated on the basis on student progress on high-stakes achievement...
Today, I wrote a comment on the United Opt Out National website which has been organized by prominent educators as a movement to end punitive public school testing. According to the organizers of United Opt Out National, Members of this site are parents, educators,...
In an important article in Education Week, Willis D. Hawley and Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, explain why students' cultural identities are integral to "measuring" teacher effectiveness. As it stands now, student achievement test scores are being used as the measure of...
An article on Education Week reported that the National Council of Teachers of English considered proposals about high-stakes testing and the use of standards in public schools. According to the authors of the report: the decision unfolded at the organization's...
This is a post I wrote five years ago today, and it sheds some light on the pressure that school districts experience as a result of high-stakes testing. In particular, I draw attention to Atlanta cheating scandal which appears to have had its origins about five...
This is a post I wrote five years ago today, and it sheds some light on the pressure that school districts experience as a result of high-stakes testing. In particular, I draw attention to Atlanta cheating scandal which appears to have had its origins about five...
