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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Sec. Duncan solicits education experts: they say Rhee's evaluation system should be treated merely as pilot

Sec. Duncan solicits education experts: they say Rhee's evaluation system should be treated merely as pilot

Sec. Duncan solicits education experts: they say Rhee's evaluation system should be treated merely as pilot

Sec. Arne Ducan recently called a principal in a New York City school, Dr. Carol Burris, to solicit her advice regarding the current aggressive campaign to link teacher and principal evaluations to student test scores. In a 8 page follow up letter to Duncan, Dr. Burris and Prof. Kevin Welner, a scholar she has previously collaborated with, put forth highly critical arguments and supporting data on Rhee’s IMPACT evaluation system that refuted her claims of dramatic successes. One policy prescription they recommended is that IMPACT be treated as a

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