Rhee’s credibility questioned at Data Quality Summit– leafletters praised by audience
On January 18th, the Data Quality Campaign convened their National Data Summit in Washington, DC. Several education speakers were invited, including Michelle Rhee, whose presence was perplexing. During her watch as chancellor of DC schools, the most widespread test cheating in the nation occurred, far surpassing the Atlanta cheating scandal. It was massive data forgery. But Rhee scuttled an investigation into the cheating, continued to make policy decisions, and fired teachers based on the invalid test scores. So much for data quality and