[The title of this post is losing its relevance, since I probably won't do much more than refer to programming, but if you read Part 1 hopefully it'll make a little more sense.]
As I argued in part 1 of this series, I believe that explicit standards actually prevent the type of learning most educators say they’d [...]
I truly believe that it is possible to have a standardized test that does at least a decent job of measuring student achievement. That being said, I have yet to see one that does.
Exhibit A
I snapped a quick pic of a CAPT (Connecticut’s standardized test of choice) practice sheet that was left sitting by the copying [...]
Teachers are the key. To be more precise, highly effective teachers are the key. Putting high quality educators in every classroom would increase student performance more than any other reform movements. This isn’t just my opinion, it’s also the opinion of Professor Edward L. Glaeser according to his op-ed in the Boston Globe.
Dr. Glaeser proposes that [...]
