Michelle Newsum: Reclaiming Reform
Reclaiming Reform
By Michelle Newsum
Published in the Advocate, December, 2011, p. 13
advocate@coosdems.org
Our schools have been labeled as failing by people who have never stepped foot in them.The favorite weapon of these 'reformers' is test scores.So let's take a closer look at the data:
Based on the PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study)
* American kids in schools with less than 10% poverty far outscore all
By Michelle Newsum
Published in the Advocate, December, 2011, p. 13
advocate@coosdems.org
Our schools have been labeled as failing by people who have never stepped foot in them.The favorite weapon of these 'reformers' is test scores.So let's take a closer look at the data:
Based on the PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study)
* American kids in schools with less than 10% poverty far outscore all