Obama's NCLB to stress data and financial rewards for the use of data

[Karmadillo]

Is this how they do it at Sidwell Friends?

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2009/12/02/duncanvisit.html?tkn=VQUFuBeHl8tBzFkz1wztFFjVg7cWHYjVvebX

Duncan Stresses Commitment to Teachers
By Elizabeth Rich

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On the subject of tying teacher effectiveness to student testing, Duncan said multiple measures should be looked at, but stressed the connection between scores and teacher performance. “To say there’s no correlation there, or there shouldn’t be a correlation there, defies logic.” Duncan added, “I’ve said repeatedly you have to look at multiple measures. One of those measures has to be student achievement.”

According to Duncan, only Louisiana is currently tracking student gains back to teachers and to the education schools that trained those teachers. Duncan said he cannot understand why this kind of holistic tracking is only happening in one state. “It is not a miracle of technology,” Duncan explained, but rather about connecting student outcomes back to teacher preparedness, which he called a “healthy” process. “Changes are being made by tracking these things,” he added.

About the reauthorization of the NCLB law, Duncan said that education must rise above politics. He said doesn’t expect 100 percent consensus on a new bill, but the current conversation across the aisle has been “encouraging.” Duncan wasn’t specific on key elements of the bill, but he stressed that data, and financial support for the use of data, would be a component. Duncan described a scenario where there would be greater rewards and incentives for districts, schools, and “superstar teachers.” “We are moving towards a growth model . We want to be tight goals, but loose on the means to get there.”

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[tonysam]

1. I absolutely LOATHE that stupid

shit Arne Duncan.

[msongs]

2. peter princple rules nt

[Catshrink]

3. He really has no clue.

[tonysam]

4. If one has the stomach to watch it,

Arne gave an interview with Gwen Ifill recently. The stupidity of this man utterly boggles the mind:

Aspen Absurdity


Duncan is as qualified to head the Department of Education as I am to be a brain surgeon. He's that damned stupid.

[Nikki Stone1]

5. Very stupid men end up in education. Look at Chancellor Reid of the Cal State system.

Then again, don't.

[tonysam]

7. The stupider they are the better they do.

I should know that or I wouldn't have been fired from my district by a dingbat principal.

[Nikki Stone1]

12. Isn't that the truth!

Sigh.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. What multiple measures??

What an idiot. WE (teachers) are the ones asking for multiple measures but he is only stressing student achievement.

On edit: With every fiber of my being, I detest this man.

[tonysam]

8. He absolutely makes me puke. He makes GWB look like a genius.

Duncan is the stereotypical dumb jock, and it shows.

[shraby]

9. Doesn't he know that kids will "Christmas tree" a standard

test and not even try to get the right answers? With power over the teacher through the tests, they can sink many many teachers just by deliberately doing poorly on the tests. The one who needs educated is him.

[tonysam]

10. +1,000

That is it in a nutshell. Kids don't take standardized tests seriously; they don't take CRTs seriously. They rush through them trying to get done, or else they often freak out completely.

If kids don't take them seriously, why the hell should our policymakers?

[BeHereNow]

11. Another nod to the corporate masters who profit from testing...

and another blow to education that fosters
critical thinking in the masses.

I just love all this hope and change.

BHN