Teachers Want To Teach
Amid all the test-score hoopla, the Florida/Indiana Education scandal, and the Common Core brouhaha you may have missed this one — This article was going around last week, and in case you missed it, we’ve put the link here. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/02/09/a-warning-to-college-profs-from-a-high-school-teacher/ This newly-retired high-school teacher takes us through the challenges he faced on a daily basis: […]
Cut Scores and Grade Inflation
8-7-13 This is a followup to yesterday’s post: The Test Scores Are Coming! Some more background that will help us understand all the talk around today’s test-score headlines. What are “Cut Scores” and what do they have to do with grade inflation? GothamSchools.org put together a great post walking us through State Education Commissioner John […]