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Intriguing alternative to rating schools by tests
- 07-09-2010
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Column by Jay Matthews/Washington Post
I have to question my own judgment and fairmindedness when I ignore--for three years!-- a report that raises important questions about the way we have been using test scores to rate schools. I have always been open to better ways of assessing how our children are taught. But I usually say standardized tests are the best available tool at the moment. So I am embarrassed that it took me so long to read “Keeping Accountability Systems Accountable” by Martha Foote, published in the Phi Delta Kappan education journal in January 2007. (more...)
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