Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: A r-r-r-radical 10-year plan for new tests

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: A r-r-r-radical 10-year plan for new tests:

A r-r-r-radical 10-year plan for new tests

by Mike Klonsky

In a report that was set for release this week, a panel of top education research and policy experts has come up with a 10-year plan for states to develop a "radically" different systems of assessments that supposedly "go beyond identifying student achievement for accountability purposes and toward improving classroom instruction and giving greater insight into how children learn."

Edweek's headline reads: "Commission Calls for 'Radically Different' Tests."

Joanne Weiss, the chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan but not part of the commission, said the report "shines a needed spotlight on the future of assessment, pushing us to make the next stages of this vital work coherent, coordinated, and sustainable." 

I love the clever spotlight metaphor. And while I don't think the word radical ever belongs in the same sentence