I get The New York Times. Each morning, it identifies the world’s battlegrounds — military and ideological, political and economic. I discount and forgive its plainly “liberal” bent. If I owned a paper, it would have a tone of sorts. But there are limits. One, I suggest, is the duty of all media,[Read More…]
Tag: Testing and Choice
Recapping our guest series on testing and educational choice
Over the past two weeks, we’ve aired six perspectives on testing and school choice. We can’t claim to have found all the answers, but we hope our contributors have raised some important issues in ways that go beyond the usual talking points. As Jacqueline Cooper explains, testing can yield vital[Read More…]
Don’t let testing undermine choice
Note: This is the sixth installment in our series on testing and educational choice. See previous installments here. by Jason Bedrick Tests are an important and perhaps necessary part of schooling. When used properly, they help teachers assess student progress, show students where they need to improve, and provide parents with[Read More…]
Testing flexibility, high standards and local control
Note: This is the fifth installment of our guest series on testing and educational choice. See the previous entries here. Coming Tuesday: Jason Bedrick of the Cato Institute. by Tony Bennett The current issues with standardized testing, and the potential solution to those issues, both lie in the same place: Alignment[Read More…]
How should we measure student learning?
Note: This is the fourth installment in our guest series on testing and choice. See previous contributions here. Coming Monday: Former Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett. by Jane Watt As chairman of the board of Marco Island Academy in Collier County, Fla., I have had an opportunity to witness firsthand how standardized[Read More…]
On payday lending and parental choice
Note: This is the third installment in our guest series on testing and parental choice. See the first contribution here and the second here. Coming Friday: Parent and charter school leader Jane Watt. by Michael J. Petrilli If every school in America was pretty good — if not better — our education policy[Read More…]
How new schools, tools and policies will bring an end to the big test
Note: This is the second installment in our guest series on testing and educational choice. See the first contribution here. by Tom Vander Ark President Obama joined the too-much-testing bandwagon recently with a late and vapid announcement. He can read opinion polls and probably sees the end of standards-based reform, but he[Read More…]
Statewide testing ensures accountability, transparency for parents
Note: This is the first contribution to our series of guest posts on testing and choice. by Jacqueline Cooper We can’t help our children, especially Black children from low-income and working-class families, if we don’t know how well schools are serving them. This is especially true when it comes to[Read More…]