K12NN: American Statistical Association has just released a very important document on Value Added Methodologies
First published April 9, 2014 on K-12 News Network "The President of the United States and his Secretary of Education are violating one of the most fundamental principles concerning test use: Tests should be used only for the purpose for which they were developed. If they are to be used for some other purpose, then careful attention must be paid to whether or not this purpose is appropriate&
Duncan Lies to Congressional Subcommittee
Is Congress as stupid as Arne Duncan would like for them to be? Team Obama has been pumping Common Core since Bill Gates became the real Secretary of Education in 2009. Every state hoping for a chance at an RttT handout signed on to Common Core as a prerequisite for any chance to win. Does Duncan really believe that his lies will save the doomed corporate testing delivery system that his team p
Responding to Karin Klein of the LA Times' 'Why my family is opting out of the Common Core testing'
"The U.S. can do a much better job evaluating children, teachers and schools. That's why protests against standardized testing misuse and overuse are exploding across the nation."—FairTest The Los Angeles Times' long time school privatization cheerleader Karin Klein penned an interesting piece today entitled Why my family is opting out of the Common Core testing. The following is my resp
4-8-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Corporate Welfare Charter Schools--the Vampire Squid of Educationfrom Alan Singer at HuffPo:On Sunday, March 23, 2014 in a speechat Riverside Church in Manhattan, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, faced with declining public opinion poll numbers, made nice to charter school companies and their wealthy backers. He told congregants that his administration and the charter movement h