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August 29, 2009
Of course, those systems [that link student achievement to teacher performance] need to be sensible and fair. But the country will never get where it […]
August 28, 2009
In an op-ed in the New York Times today, Tom Loveless and Michael Petrelli argue that our brightest students are suffering from “benign neglect” due […]
August 27, 2009
Steven Brill’s must-read in The New Yorker: 99% of all NYC teachers in 2001 received a “satisfactory” performance rating. Is there any other industry where […]
August 26, 2009
SAT scores are in the news today. The Star-Ledger’s lede is that New Jersey students’ average SAT scores “inched upward one point this year,” though […]
August 25, 2009
New Jersey spends more on education than any other state in the nation, but we are not getting a good return on those dollars when […]
August 24, 2009
The State DOE trumpeted the news last week: 99.7% of New Jersey classroom teachers are Highly Qualified! Declared Education Commissioner Lucille Davy, this victory “represent(s) […]