It starts here: Last Thursday, the state Senate Education Committee heard testimony from proponents and opponents of a draft bill…
NJ School Boards Association has issued a statement supporting the New Jersey's original timeline for incorporating student growth, as measured…
If the U.S. Department of Education’s warning to New York State is an harbinger of the fed’s reaction to states…
Stephen Sawchuk analyzes AFT Prez Randi Weingarten’s flip-flop on the use of student standardized test scores in teacher evaluations. In…
Yesterday’s New York Times editorial section includes a column by Frank Bruni regarding a partnership between the U.S. Department of…
The National Council on Teacher Quality has just released its 2013 report on states’ progress in improving teacher evaluation systems.…
In today’s New York Times David Leonhardt examines a new study from the D.C. school system on its teacher evaluation…
NJ Spotlight today looks at how Newark Public Schools’ teachers performed under the new evaluation system, which was jointly approved…
My column today at NJ Spotlight examines the conflict between those who fear that escalating use of data in evaluating…
From the Wall Street Journal:"This is the huge fulcrum moment for many of the reforms," said Rick Hess, director of…