Connecticut has a new Chief Academic Officer: Has experience with testing and bonuses! - Wait, What?:
by jonpelto
The Connecticut State Department of Education has a new Chief Academic Officer. Chosen by Commissioner Stefan Pryor, and the State Board of Education of Education, Diana Roberge-Wentzell’s job is to do for Connecticut what she did for Hartford.
As Hartford’s Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Roberge-Wentzell helped to set up the absurdly extensive testing system that is used on the students of Connecticut’s poorest city.
Not only do Hartford students take the Connecticut Mastery Test in March of each year, but they take three other major standardized tests, along with a variety of other specific standardized tests and standardized assessments.
Working with former superintendent of schools, Steven Adamowski, Roberge-Wentzell was part of the leadership team that instituted the “Modified Assessment (MAS) Test,” in Hartford, the system in which 10 percent of Hartford’s lowest performing students were
by jonpelto
Categories: Education, Malloy, No Child Left Behind Act, Stefan Pryor, Wendy Lecker
Tags: Education Reform, Malloy, NCLB
My colleague, fellow public education advocate and commentator, Wendy Lecker, had another “must read” column in the Stamford Advocate, Connecticut Post and the other papers that make up the Hearst Connecticut Media Group. While many readers know about the problems associated with the federal No Child Left Behind Act, many may not fully appreciated why a [...] |
