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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Bad Reformy Arguments #2: Bipartisanship

Jersey Jazzman: Bad Reformy Arguments #2: Bipartisanship:


Bad Reformy Arguments #2: Bipartisanship

Let's go back to the reformiest op-ed ever and look at another argument reformyists use to justify their schemes:
Research over the last two decades has confirmed what most parents already knew: Teacher quality is any public school’s most important asset. Taking that simple and obvious premise seriously means working to identify and remove ineffective teachers. A bipartisan group of lawmakers in New Jersey and nationwide is pursuing this path.
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There is growing bipartisan support in favor of using student standardized test scores to improve teacher evaluations. Poor evaluations could then be used to