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Rhee faces renewed scrutiny over depiction of students' progress when she taught

Rhee faces renewed scrutiny over depiction of students' progress when she taught

Rhee faces renewed scrutiny over depiction of students' progress when she taught

Her image is of a tough-talking schools chief who's out to sack every last veteran teacher in D.C.'s failing system. The reality is not so simple.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 10, 2011; 8:52 PM

Former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle A. Rhee, known for her crusade to use standardized test scores to help evaluate teachers, is facing renewed scrutiny over her depiction of progress that her students made years ago when she was a schoolteacher.

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A former D.C. math teacher, Guy Brandenburg, posted on his blog a study that includes test scores from the Baltimore school where Rhee