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Entries from January 2008

Measuring Teachers by Test Scores in NYC

January 21st, 2008 · No Comments

An article in the New York Times refers to discussions under way regarding evaluating teachers by test scores, predicting test scores of teachers, comparing teachers of similar experience levels, and maybe even a little more.
Not really sure how this is going to do much more than stress out teachers who are already overworked and make [...]

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Klein gets played

January 5th, 2008 · No Comments

NY Times January 4th, 2008, excerpt from
School Commentations Come with a Critique

It was supposed to be a day to celebrate the city’s best schools. The schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, trekked to Public School 46 in Bayside, Queens, to announce that the schools that had received the highest marks on the city’s new school report [...]

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