It starts here: Last Thursday, the state Senate Education Committee heard testimony from proponents and opponents of a draft bill (S-2154) that would postpone by
NJ School Boards Association has issued a statement supporting the New Jersey’s original timeline for incorporating student growth, as measured by the PARCC assessments, into
If the U.S. Department of Education’s warning to New York State is an harbinger of the fed’s reaction to states that delay using student test
Stephen Sawchuk analyzes AFT Prez Randi Weingarten’s flip-flop on the use of student standardized test scores in teacher evaluations. In 2008, in an interview with
Yesterday’s New York Times editorial section includes a column by Frank Bruni regarding a partnership between the U.S. Department of Education, Microsoft, and Teach for
The National Council on Teacher Quality has just released its 2013 report on states’ progress in improving teacher evaluation systems. Eight states — Colorado, Delaware,
In today’s New York Times David Leonhardt examines a new study from the D.C. school system on its teacher evaluation program called Impact, which was
NJ Spotlight today looks at how Newark Public Schools’ teachers performed under the new evaluation system, which was jointly approved by AFT President Randi Weingarten,
My column today at NJ Spotlight examines the conflict between those who fear that escalating use of data in evaluating student growth and teacher performance
From the Wall Street Journal: “This is the huge fulcrum moment for many of the reforms,” said Rick Hess, director of education policy studies at