Monday, December 13, 2010

Queens Teacher: To Deformers: Lessons Learned From PISA Report

Queens Teacher: To Deformers: Lessons Learned From PISA Report

To Deformers: Lessons Learned From PISA Report

What international test scores really tell us: Lessons buried in PISA report
By Valerie Strauss

This was written by William J. Mathis of Goshen, Vermont. He is the managing director of the National Education Policy Center.. and a former Vermont superintendent. The views expressed are his own.

By William J. Mathis
For the 27th, government officials have yet again been surprised, shocked and dismayed over the latest international test score rankings. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said, “We have to see this as a very serious wake-up call.” Former Reagan education official Chester E. Finn Jr. reported that he was “kind of