Commentary
Commentary
3.7.2024
What we're reading this week: March 7, 2024
The Education GadflyDue to demographic changes and the democratization of expertise, AI could help rebuild the middle class, not destroy their jobs. —David Autor, Noēma School choice stands to benefit, not harm, rural communities.
Podcast
3.6.2024
Governance
#910: Reforming Houston ISD, with Mike Miles
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Mike Miles, the superintendent of Houston ISD, joins Mike and David to discuss the reforms he’s impl
Commentary
3.1.2024
Accountability & Testing, Evidence-Based Learning, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders
The way we set grade-level norms on tests masks pandemic learning loss
Woody PaikThere are, generally speaking, two ways to report students’ performance on tests. One is normative, and it compares a student’s performance to his peers. The second is criterion, and it compares a student’s performance to learning standards, indicating grade-level proficiency and is independent of peers’ test performance.