Cross-posted from Education Week Bob Linn is often described as the dean of American testing experts. Howard Everson, long the Vice-President for Research at the College Board, is one of the nation's top psychometricians. I asked the two of them to draw on their nearly half...
Cross-posted from Education Week David Driscoll casts a long shadow. It was he who was at the helm in Massachusetts, as Commissioner of Education, when that state took the steps that ultimately led it to performance by some measures equal to that of the best-performing countries...
Cross-posted from Education Week Jobs for the Future Vice President and Senior Advisor Nancy Hoffman's recent book, Schooling in the Workplace, describes six national vocational education systems. But it does not include Finland, though the quality of Finland's compulsory schools is now legendary. Hoffman was curious—did...
Cross-posted from Education Week David Oh walked into my office yesterday. Oh is a city councilman from Philadelphia. I listened, fascinated and horrified, as he told a gripping story of his city. Nothing in his story should have surprised me, but this remarkable man has an...
Cross-posted from Education Week It's funny how things work. For some people in this country, the idea of the Common Core State Standards—national standards for student achievement—was more than they could bear, an affront to their sense of the right relationship between government and its people. But...
Cross-posted from Education Week In my last blog, I shared a note I had written to Dylan Wiliam, Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at the University of London's Institute of Education where he recently completed a term as the Institute's Deputy Director. In this one, I...
Cross-posted from Education Week What follows is a note I recently wrote to Dylan Wiliam, Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at the University of London's Institute of Education where he recently completed a term as the Institute's Deputy Director. In my next blog, I will share...
Cross-posted from Education Week One of many blogs I read starts off by saying, "Many states have recently adopted new, more comprehensive teacher evaluation requirements. These new requirements promise to raise teacher accountability and performance." Promise? Really? Have you seen any evidence that the implementation of teacher...
Cross-posted from Education Week I feel, some days, as though I am trying to swim upstream when all about me are going in the other direction. I am hailing those going by me, saying, "Hey! Stop!" But they don't. They look at me and scratch their...
Cross-posted from Education Week I recently spoke with Ben Jensen, School Education Program Director at the Grattan Institute in Australia, about Shanghai's professional development system for teachers. Ben is a highly regarded analyst and commenter on school education. He previously worked at the OECD Education Directorate...