Pundit Claim 1 – Value added modeling is necessarily better than the “status quo” There exists this strange perspective that … More
Month: September 2010
A few thoughts on the unlikely alliance…
Today was the day of the big Oprah-Christie-Booker-Zuckerberg event, which I guess we can all watch around 4pm if we … More
If money doesn’t matter…
A) Then why do private independent schools, like those attended by our President’s children (Sidwell Friends in DC), or by … More
Value-Added and “Favoritism”
Kevin Carey from Ed Sector has done it again. He’s come up with yet another argument that fails to pass … More
Searching for Superguy in Gotham
Who is Superguy? By most popular accounts, Superguy is a figure of mythical proportion (urban legend proportion) capable of swooping … More
Value-added and the non-random sorting of kids who don’t give a sh^%t
Last week, this video from The Onion (asking whether tests are biased against kids who don’t give a sh^%t) was … More