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Rewriting Accountability Under the No Child Left Behind Act
A reauthorized No Child Left Behind Act needs to measure school performance on the basis of student growth, not just student proficiency
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Teacher Evaluation and Teacher Quality
Originally published in Voices in Urban Education with co-author Robert Rothman. The troubled state of teacher evaluation is a glaring and largely neglected problem in public education, one with consequences that extend far beyond the current debate over performance pay. Because teacher evaluations are at the center of the educational enterprise—the quality of teaching in the…
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US Education: Still at Risk
A quarter century ago, an explosive federal report launched a national crusade to fix American education. There’s still much work to be done.
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Using Test Scores in Teacher Evaluations is Tricky
Using student test scores to evaluate teachers is harder than it seems
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Rush to Judgment: Teacher Evaluation in Public Education
Teacher evaluation is the missing link in the teacher reform movement
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Why We Need National Standards and Tests
A take on Rep. George Miller’s ill-fated attempt to rewrite the No Child Left Behind Act in 2007
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Measuring What Matters Most in Higher Education
Commercial college rankings mostly measure wealth, fame and exclusivity. What we really need to know is how well colleges and universities educate their students.