An Experimental Study of the Effects of Monetary Incentives on Performance on the 12th-Grade NAEP Reading Assessment
Henry Braun, Irwin Kirsch, and Kentaro YamamotoTeachers College RecordForthcoming 2011
Henry Braun, Irwin Kirsch, and Kentaro YamamotoTeachers College RecordForthcoming 2011
Edward CroweCenter for American ProgressJuly 2010
Gadfly’s not sure what to make of Secretary Duncan’s comments earlier this week in a big speech to the National Urban League.
George Parker put his name on the dotted line. And thus, a city which previously paid, in the words of the Washington Post, “lip service” to teacher quality put its money where its mouth is.
We confess. Mike and I were partly wrong last week: More than half a dozen conservatives have misgivings about the “Common Core” standards and the tests to follow.
We often find ourselves in the other corner of the policy ring from AFT President Randi Weingarten. So it is with a mixture of cheer and frustration that we discover Ms. Weingarten to be a talented crafter of haiku, sanely ambitious (“just enough to make a difference”), and notably tireless (“what is sleep?” she queries when asked how much she gets).
The Administration's number-one pitchman thinks I'm being overly critical about the Race to the Top, but what does he have to say about
For the better part of a week, Washington has been consumed by the Shirley Sherrod pseudo-scandal, leading many pundits to ponder race relations in America circa 2010.
It has been a month since the death of the longest tenured Senator in US history, Robert Byrd, and today I'd like to honor Byrd by talking about one of his favorite subjects: history.
Teaching to the test becoming a problem? Check out two schools where passing the test goes hand-in-hand with good teaching, no matter the student's background.
?To suggest that a charter school started by community members who want to help kids in their community cannot serve 100 percent Hispanic kids in a community that's 100 percent Hispanic ? that they should be penalized for that or they shouldn't be allowed to open up ? that doesn't make sense.''