A few days ago, I posted my concerns regarding the contorted logic of the Brookings report on evaluating teacher evaluation … More
Month: May 2011
Demystifying today’s Abbott Decision
First, let’s identify the players: New Jersey Legislature & Governor, or THE STATE Children attending Abbott school districts and their … More
Does New Jersey really need more small, segregated schools?
Political pundits and the media frequently point out two major concerns regarding the organization of public school districts in New … More
Graphs of the Day: Texas Private School Enrollments & Expenditures
Below are a series of graphs of the distribution of enrollments and average total expenditures for Texas private schools. I … More
Passing Muster Fails Muster? (An Evaluation of Evaluating Evaluation Systems)
The Brookings Institution has now released their web based version of Passing Muster including a nifty calculation tool for rating … More
A few updated NJ charter figures: Write your own story…
Performance Demographics Cohort Attrition Rates for Selected Newark Charters
(RE)Ranking New Jersey’s Achievement Gap
New Jersey’s current commissioner of education seems to stake much of his arguments for the urgency of implementing reform strategies … More
More on NAEP Poverty Gaps & Why State Comparisons Don’t Work
This post is a follow-up to a recent post on how income distributions differ across states and how those income … More
Grading the Governors’ Cuts: Cuomo vs. Kasich vs. Corbett (revised AGAIN!)
Here’s a quick data driven post on Governor’s state aid cuts – or aid changes. So far, I’ve been able … More
Resource Deprivation in High Need Districts? (& CAP’s goofy ROI)
This post provides a follow-up on two seemingly unrelated topics, both of which can be traced back to the Center … More