This guest post is written by Craig D. Jerald of Break the Curve Consulting and author of “On Her Majesty’s School Inspection Service.”

Last week, Mike Petrilli at the Fordham Institute incited a welcome flurry of discussion about school inspections with a very thoughtful proposal in the Huffington Post. Citing my recent Education Sector paper on England’s* inspection sContinue Reading »

Guest blog post written by Craig Jerald of Break the Curve Consulting.

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Over the past two weeks, Education Sector has hosted a series of deeply thoughtful guest posts on the possibility of adopting school inspections in the United States, prompted by my report On Her Majesty’s School Inspection Service. Clearly, states would need to aContinue Reading »

Editor’s Note: Education Sector recentely released On Her Majesty’s School Inspection Service, which outlines how school inspections have become part of the accountability system in England. Would such a system work in the U.S.? We asked a variety of education experts and others to weigh in with their thoughts. We’ll share them throughout the week, and we encourage you to share yourContinue Reading »

Editor’s Note: Last week, Education Sector released On Her Majesty’s School Inspection Service, which outlines how school inspections have become part of the accountability system in England. Would such a system work in the U.S.? We asked a variety of education experts to weigh in with their thoughts. We’ll share them throughout the week, and we encourage you to share your reactions as weContinue Reading »

Editor’s Note: Last week, Education Sector released On Her Majesty’s School Inspection Service, which outlines how school inspections have become part of the accountability system in England. Would such a system work in the U.S.? We asked a variety of education experts to weigh in with their thoughts. We’ll share them throughout the week, and we encourage you to share your reactionsContinue Reading »

Editor’s Note: Last week, Education Sector released On Her Majesty’s School Inspection Service, which outlines how school inspections have become part of the accountability system in England. Would such a system work in the U.S.? We asked a variety of education experts to weigh in with their thoughts. We’ll share them throughout the week, and we encourage you to share your reactions as well.Continue Reading »

Editor’s Note: Last week, Education Sector released On Her Majesty’s School Inspection Service, which outlines how school inspections have become part of the accountability system in England. Would such a system work in the U.S.? We asked a variety of education experts to weigh in with their thoughts. We’ll share them throughout the week, and we encourage you to share your reaContinue Reading »

Editor’s Note: Last week, Education Sector released On Her Majesty’s School Inspection Service, which outlines how school inspections have become part of the accountability system in England. Would such a system work in the U.S.? We asked a variety of education experts to weigh in with their thoughts. We’ll share them throughout the week, and we encourage you to share your reactions as weContinue Reading »

Editor’s Note: Last week, Education Sector released On Her Majesty’s School Inspection Service, which outlines how school inspections have become part of the accountability system in England. Would such a system work in the U.S.? We asked a variety of education experts to weigh in with their thoughts. We’ll share them throughout the week, and we encourage you to share your reaContinue Reading »

Guest Post written by Craig D. Jerald of Break the Curve Consulting.

On Friday the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation released the latest findings from its $45 million Measure of Effective Teaching (MET) Project. MET researchers concluded that teachers should be evaluated using “multiple measures” of teaching effectiveness, including student surveys, value-added estimates baContinue Reading »