by Carol A. Josel | Feb 17, 2014 | Quotable Quotes
** “Parents deserve to have an assessment of their child’s progress that is independent of what teachers say on report cards. I also think assessing schools with test score averages is a useful exercise. But I don’t like the current fad of rating...
by Carol A. Josel | Feb 10, 2014 | Quotable Quotes
** “Let me get this straight: School reformers, including Arne Duncan, are alienating millions of teachers and hurting countless students and their families over a teacher evaluation policy that–using their own prize methodology (ignorant that we may...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 17, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“At the elementary level, [value-added] is a pretty reliable measure in terms of predicting how teachers will perform the following year. At the high school level, it is quite a bit less reliable, so the score for using this to improve student outcomes is much...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 13, 2012 | Making Education News
All but Alaska, Texas, and Virginia have adopted the Common Core Standards, which are being taught in English/language arts, math, and literacy in science, history, social studies, and technical subjects. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 10, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“What happens in childhood, like a child’s footprint in wet cement, leaves its mark forever.” ~ Dr. Vincent J. Felitti, director, Adverse Childhood Experiences Study “As the Common Core makes its way into real-life classrooms, I hope teachers...
