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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Ravitch on mayoral control in NYC, Cleveland
Interesting piece by Diane Ravitch in Answer Sheet on mayoral control. She and then many of the voluminous commenters make use of NAEP scores. Not unreasonable, esp trend lines, but too many seem to take the NAEP levels as gospel - which we know is dangerous because those levels were set with flawed processes leading to absurdly high definitions of 'proficient.' http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/education-secretary-duncan/ravitch-mayoral-control-means.html -- Monty Neill, Ed.D Interim Executive Director FairTest 15 Court Sq, Ste 820 Boston, MA 02108 monty@fairtest.org 857-350-8207; fax 850-357-8209 www.fairtest.org
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