A few weeks ago, I successfully predicted the exact number of points the University of Michigan would score against arch-rival Ohio State in their annual football showdown, thus outperforming legions of so-called sports experts while inadvertantly illustrating the fallacy of self-accountability in K-12 and higher education.
The prediction came at the annual meeting of the Association [...]
All Posts Tagged: 'Pangloss Index'
Ohio State Football and the Fallacy of Self-Accountability
Maybe I’m Being Too Nice
The Pangloss Index isn’t the first report I’ve written criticizing state implementation of NCLB (here’s one from a few years back focused on the teacher quality provisions), and when I talk to the press–particularly at the state level–I usually get some variant on the question, “If this is so bad, why are people doing it?”
As [...]
Well Said!
More follow-up on our recent report focusing on how states game the NCLB accountability system, with coverage from the Birmingham News here and Stateline.org here. The latter story concludes,
“Alabama’s [Dr. Gloria ] Turner [the state's director of assessment and accountability] questioned the report’s methodology, saying that out of the 11 data measures [used to create [...]
Kevin Carey Discusses the “Pangloss Index”
Kevin Carey, Education Sector Policy Director, discusses his “Pangloss Index,” which he uses to describe states’ failure to accurately rank their progress under NCLB.
The publication discussed in this podcast was made possible by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. The statements made and views expressed are solely the responsibility of the author.
Leaving Birmingham Behind
People have their differences of opinion about No Child Left Behind, but even the law’s supporters would concede that it sets extremely ambitious goals for improvement. NCLB requires states to establish a series of escalating performance targets for schools and districts, rising from wherever they were when the law was enacted in 2002 to 100 [...]
Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed 
College and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
03/05/10 | Andrew Rotherham's reaction to New York as a Race to the Top finalist is mentioned on National Journal.
03/04/10 | Andrew Rotherham defends the U.S. Senate's filibuster rule in a column for the New York Daily News.
03/04/10 | Kevin Carey is quoted on college tuition increases in a CNN article.
03/02/10 | Chad Aldeman's False Fronts report generated a news article in Inside Higher Ed.
03/02/10 | Kevin Carey guestblogs about college accreditation on Higher Ed Watch.
03/02/10 | Chad Aldeman's False Fronts report generated a news article in The Chronicle of Higher Education.