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John Merrow

Posted inElementary to High School, News, Opinion

The cult of statistical pyrotechnics

Avatar photo by Justin Snider March 30, 2010March 30, 2020

The day we can accurately measure a teacher’s performance has finally arrived. Or so the likes of D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee and New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg would have us believe. In a speech to New York’s state legislature last November, Mayor Bloomberg praised “data-driven systems” while arguing that student test scores should […]

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