Testing’s collateral damage

UncategorizedBy John YoungFebruary 14, 2009Leave a comment

It shouldn’t take a Ph.D like David Berliner to tell us what’s wrong with the way we do accountability in schools. He sees parallels in baseball, too, and he’s no Joe Dimaggio. Sporting analogy: When you put too much emphasis on home runs, he points out, people strike out more. When you put too much…

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Mr. Big and the Bag Man

UncategorizedBy John YoungFebruary 4, 2009Leave a comment

It has the look of a full-length action thriller, and in this case, “full-length” understates it by a bunch. The sweaty man, two arms around the bulging briefcase, steals away in the dark of night, his necktie swinging. Having evaded security, he hustles off, panting. Home free. But wait. The camera zooms in on a…

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