Education Department’s obsession with test scores deepens
Apparently it’s not enough for the Obama administration thatstandardized test scores are now used to evaluate students, schools, teachers and principals. In a new display of its obsession with test scores, the Education Department is embarking on a study to determine which parts of clinical teacher training lead to higher average test scores 
Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks at the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting luncheon in Washington, last month. (Cliff Owen)among the teachers’ students.
This is explained in a notice placed in the Federal Register:
“Teachers who have experienced certain types of clinical practice features and who have completed those