New Illinois accountability system: 1/2 star (Not Recommended)
Photo by Sarah-Ji FotografaShe’s looked at the state’s 90 page waiver request and the 500-plus page attachment to the US Department of Education which asks for permission for Illinois to opt out of No Child Left Behind’s Adequate Yearly Progress trap by proposing to add a bunch of new standardized tests and use them to label schools using a 5-star rating system.
Sound dumb? Well, that’s the way it was designed. Fed Ed Head Arne Duncan, who hated NCLB’s dumb requirements when he ran CPS, has come up with even dumber requirements, misleadingly calling it a