Hey, everyone, I know there's a big recession going on but who cares about that? Let's combine the results of highly questionable standardized tests with complicated statistical models and use the results to determine who works and how much they make? I know, I know! It's going to be really popular. This is the
perfect time to do this.
A year ago it seemed like education was Obama's strongest, most reliable policy issue. That's certainly not the case right now. And, as
this NPR segment suggests, reformers' obsession with the new and uncertain idea of evaluating and paying teachers based on student achievement -- and their
Wanna know what states have adopted the Common Core Standards, and what stage they're at in the process? ASCD has this handy dandy interactive map that tells you what's going on across the country (
Status of State Adoption). They're tracking adoptions and pending adoptions (reported but not formally announced). As ASCD policy guru David Griffith notes, state departments of education often aren't communicating adoption of the standards to reporters, much less the public (
here).
