What does the new CREDO study of NYC charter schools say about student achievement? Those who read their June study might be surprised. (Education Week)
Habla usted Espanol? A new study says that may be the only language students are learning. (Center for Applied Linguistics)
Do boys need male teachers to succeed? Joanne Jacobs examines two [...]
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"Technical" Objections
Over at the UFT, Leo Casey accuses us of various rhetorical sins involves caricatures, straw men, etc, in recent comments about the NYC value-added project. Their grievances lie with the methodology, says Leo, and it’s wrong to say otherwise. Okay, very well. Two questions:
1) What are the basic elements of a UFT-approved methodologically appropriate method [...]
Value-Added Comes of Age
About four and a half years ago, I was working on a policy paper focused on a developing and controversial method of measuring teacher effectiveness called “value-added.” Created by Dr. Bill Sanders in Tennessee in the mid-1990s, the essence of value-added is pretty simple: Using annual standardized test scores, look at the prior achievement history [...]
More Good Education Labor News from NYC
It’s been a good month for education labor in New York City.
First there was the announcement of an important new merit pay plan supported by both the district administration and the United Federation of Teachers. Now, as reported in the New York Times, “In the largest successful organizing drive in New York City in half [...]
Merit Pay Mania
I’m a day late to the merit pay roundabout between the American Prospect’s Ezra Klein, the Atlantic’s Matt Yglesias, and the New Republic’s Jason Zengerle. But the points are still worth discussing, particularly Ezra’s kick-off post, which begins thusly:
I’m always amused by well-paid journalists and pundits complaining that teacher’s compensation isn’t closely enough linked to [...]
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
03/19/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on college graduation rates and the NCAA Tournament in the Detroit Free Press.
03/19/10 | Linda Perlstein links to Education Sector's "College- and Career-Ready" event.
03/17/10 | Ben Miller's column on graduation rates and NCAA Tournament eligibility is mentioned on The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Fix.
03/17/10 | Kevin Carey's critique of Diane Ravitch's latest book is quoted in Doublethink's Conventional Folly blog.
03/15/10 | Ben Miller pens an op-ed for US News & World Report on using graduation rates to determine NCAA Tournament eligibility.