There are two seemingly unrelated columns in today’s Opinion page of the New York Times that provide a crisp summary of where we stand in our current thinking about school reform — and where we need to go.
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This is Your Brain on Test Scores
Categories: Assessment, Learning
Tags: balanced scorecard, brain, charter schools, david eagleman, new york city, New York Times, test scores
Leave a commentThe Testing Carousel Goes Round and Round . . .
Today’s Washington Post reports that the test scores of elementary school kids slipped this year after two successive years of growth, “a setback to Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee as she seeks to overhaul the city’s schools.” No doubt, this news is being used by Rhee’s critics to point out that her particular brand of reform [...]
Categories: Assessment, Leadership, Learning
Tags: balanced scorecard, Learning, michelle rhee, test scores, testing
2 CommentsData-Driven Decision Making . . . and Soccer?
Great timing. A week after I wrote about what the World Cup can teach us about school reform, the New York Times published an article about the growing push for more detailed data in the relatively data-free world of professional soccer. I am not, for what it’s worth, against the use of more sophisticated data [...]
Categories: Assessment, Learning
Tags: balanced scorecard, data, Learning, michelle rhee, moneyball, sabermetrics, world cup
2 CommentsMore Tests on the Way in DC?
In yesterday’s Washington Post, reporter Bill Turque wrote that Michelle Rhee is seeking an outside contractor to help dramatically expand DCPS’ use of standardized tests, so that every grade from K through 12 will have some form of assessment to measure student progress and teacher effectiveness. Is this what happens when we pray too long [...]
Categories: Assessment, Leadership, Learning
Tags: balanced scorecard, DCPS, Learning, michelle rhee, testing, thurgood marshall academy
1 CommentWhy Send My Son to Public School?
Earlier this week, Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee announced the latest hopeful sign for D.C.’s public schools – a spike in citywide student reading and math scores. “We’re thrilled at the progress we’ve made this year,” said Rhee. “We still have an incredibly long way to go.” I’m grateful for the early improvements in the D.C. [...]
Categories: Assessment, Equity, Learning
Tags: balanced scorecard, DCPS, inspectorates, Learning, michelle rhee, NAEP, NCLB, test scores
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