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How Many Strikes? or Whither Accountability? #2
The Isotopes – “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” (click to listen or download) A recent post — Who cuts the barber’s hair? or Whither “accountability”? — centered on some of the failings of the new Wisconsin “Accountability” system designed … Continue reading
Data _____Decision Making — MMSD Math Task Force Action
In an earlier post I wrote about the dangerous, counterproductive, if casual racism of the Math Task Force Report and in another I wrote about the almost complete lack of assessment of MMSD Middle School Math teacher knowledge and skills … Continue reading
Filed under Accountability, Best Practices, Budget, education, Local News, Uncategorized
The Teacher Voice in Data-Driven Accountability
From Randi Weingarten (President of the United Federation of Teachers, NY), via EdWonk. Excerpt: We hear a lot these days about what I call “3-D reform,”—data-driven decision making and about using tests to improve teaching and learning. Sadly, in this … Continue reading
Filed under Accountability, AMPS, Best Practices, National News
Knowledge,Research, Education and Reform
I was following the links from the latest Carnival of Education today as well as making the rounds of some of my regular online education stops. The theme that hit me today concerned what we know about how to make … Continue reading
Filed under Accountability, AMPS, Best Practices, No Child Left Behind
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