The Incoherent World of Arne Duncan, Part IV
More of my breakdown of this revealing interview that Tom Moran of the Star-Ledger did with US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Collect each exciting issue!
- Part I: Duncan's signature program, Race To The Top, has little evidence to back it up.
- Part II: The real legacy of Duncan, Rhee, and Klein
- Part III: Arne has a lot to learn about what makes teachers tick.
I must be a glutton for punishment, but here's some more to debunk:
Q. Let’s talk about tests. When scores were released in New York recently, we saw that some teachers were rated as great one year and awful the next. It dissolved a lot of confidence in test results.A. You have to look at multiple measures. You look at value added over a course of
