Education Next – Frederick Hess
“Accomplished educators tell me they’re frequently afraid to utter simple truths: that dramatic increases in test scores or graduation rates can indicate fraud as well as excellence. That efforts to “reform” school discipline by reducing punishment can make schools less safe. That too many parents aren’t doing their part to ensure that their children succeed in school. That evaluation and training can amount to little more than a mindless distraction. And that many policies governing accountability, school improvement, and teacher evaluation are often goofily designed and ultimately destructive.”(more)