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School Accountability—Past, Present, and Future
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by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Hoover Education Success Initiative | The Papers
The Unavoidable: Tomorrow's Teacher Compensation
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How Teachers Unions Use 'Common Core' to Undermine Reform
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Times Offers Latest National Test Proposal for Congress to Ignore

with Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

During the 1990s, two presidents proposed national tests. Congress rejected both...

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Grading the System

with Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The release of this month’s New York City school report cards and the threatened teacher witch-hunt, as reported earlier, has principals questioning the system as well, reports the New York Times...

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Despite Perry's promise schools still fail

with Eric Hanushekvia El Paso Times
Saturday, November 24, 2007

Stumping on the campaign trail in El Paso in 1998, Rick Perry promised an admiring audience that if elected he would make putting Texas on the top of national education charts his No. 1 priority...

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Crunch is on to Close Racial Achievement Gap

with Chester E. Finn Jr.via San Jose Mercury News
Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Four Castro Elementary School students spent a lot of time in the principal's office last spring. But that was a good thing...

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National Test Shows Little Progress for City Schools

with Diane Ravitchvia New York Times
Friday, November 16, 2007

New York City’s eighth graders have made no significant progress in reading and math since Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took control of the city schools, in contrast with the largely steady gains that have been recorded on state tests, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress...

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Students Lag

with Diane Ravitchvia New York Post
Friday, November 16, 2007

The city's eighth-grade students showed no improvement this year on national math and reading tests, and fourth-graders made gains only in math, according to scores released yesterday...

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Joel Klein says student test scores 'good' overall

with Diane Ravitchvia Daily News
Friday, November 16, 2007

City kids' scores stayed flat on national reading and math tests, although fourth-graders improved their showing on the arithmetic exam...

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Addendum to NYC Grades Entry

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

I must add two points to my blog about the letter grades handed out to New York City public schools last week...

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Death Nail: Will Charter Schools Destroy Inner-City Catholic Schools?

with Caroline M. Hoxby, Education Nextvia Townhall
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

The Education Next article “Can Catholic Schools Be Saved?” asks the provocative question: Will charter schools finish off inner city Catholic private schools?

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Structure of Pension Plans May Warp Teacher Market, Research Says

with Education Nextvia Education Week
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

At a time when millions of baby-boomer teachers are nearing retirement, their decisions on when to leave the classroom are guided more by the early retirement incentives built into state pension plans than by educational considerations, according to new research by a pair of economists...

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