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Inquiry sought into D.C. test scores
- 05-06-2011
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By Marisol Bello and Jack Gillum/USA Today
Former D.C. Public Schools chancellor Michelle Rhee is criss-crossing the country, establishing her profile as a national education leader. She is headlining education rallies with parents and chatting about teacher evaluations with governors. Yet as she pushes efforts to assess teachers based partly on their students' test scores, parents and teachers in the nation's capital are calling for a federal investigation of high scores during Rhee's tenure. More than 3,700 teachers and parents are petitioning the U.S. Department of Education and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate. (more...)
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