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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] spat between rightwingers
An amusing at least spat amongst the right wing: EDUCATION REFORMERS HALT EVALUATION George Archibald reports that the pro-Bush Education Leaders Council has canceled a contract for an independent evaluation of its $23.5 million federally funded computerized school instructional project, called Following the Leaders, just as the study was to get under way in 11 states. Lisa Graham Keegan, the council's $235,000-a-year chief executive, canceled the contract with the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation after its president, Chester E. Finn Jr., warned Mrs. Keegan and William J. Moloney, who was chairman of her board of directors, that the Education Leaders Council (ELC) was losing its influence as a leading education reform group because of overdependence on federal project money. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040217-095706-2796r.htm ELC gets lots of fed $ and is really wired into the administration - one of its founders was Gene Hickock when he was state super in PA, in a split from the more 'centrist' Council of Chief State School Officers. If I recall correctly, ELC has spawned Ted Rebarber's shop which "evaluates" states and proffers advice on test-based 'reform." Also if I recall correctly, ELC promotes teacher "quality" via teachers having a degree in a subject and then passing a state test - tho the Nat Research Council found no relationship between teacher quality and teacher certification tests. Knowing how to teach does not matter to them - or to Checker Finn, for that matter -- it is all about pouring facts into inert minds and measuring what sticks using standardized tests. Monty Monty Neill, Ed.D. Executive Director FairTest 342 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02139 617-864-4810 fax 617-497-2224 monty@fairtest.org http://www.fairtest.org
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