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Joy Resmovits

Student Performance Measurement Used In Education Policy Flunks -- Paper

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Test Scores, Dcps, Education, Mathematica, Washington DC Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Standardized Tests, Education Reform, Nclb Reauthorization, Nclb, Education Research, Education News

Education policies that affect millions of students have long been tied to test scores, but a new paper suggests those scores are regularly misinterpr...

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D.C. Schools Revises Controversial Teacher Evaluation System

Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Teacher Evaluations, Dc Impact, Dc Teacher Evaluations, Dcps, Washington Dc Teacher Evaluations, Washington DC Public Schools, DC Public Schools, Washington DC, Kaya Henderson, Education Reform, Impact, Video, Education News

Teachers in D.C. Public Schools who perform well will see some easing from a controversial evaluation process introduced by former DCPS Chancellor Mic...

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Squaring Off On Racial Achievement Gap

Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Education, DC Public Schools, Educational-Disparities, Diane Ravitch, Washington-Dc-Public-Schools, Achievement Gap, Education Reform, Black White Education Gap, Black Voices News

Michelle Rhee, the former schools chancellor of Washington, D.C., and Diane Ravitch, the education historian, are two of the most high-profile voices ...

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DC School Teacher Fired For 'Testing Impropriety'

Washington Examiner | By: Steve Chapman | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Standardized Test Cheating, Dc Schools, Washington DC Public Schools, DC Public Schools, Washington Dc Schools, Testing Scandal, Testing Cheating, Standardized Testing, Kaya Henderson, Cheating Scandal, Education News

D.C. Public Schools fired a teacher for a "confirmed testing impropriety" during this spring's round of standardized testing, Chancellor Kaya Henderso...

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DC Schools Release Test Scores, US Education Department Joins Probe

Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Standardized Test Cheating, Standardized Test Scores, Test Scores, Atlanta Cheating Scandal, DC Public Schools, Washington-Dc-Public-Schools, Standardized Tests, Standardized Testing, Kaya Henderson, Cheating Scandal, Atlanta Cheating, Test Cheating, Education News

Amid an investigation into alleged cheating on Washington, DC standardized tests, the school district released figures today that show a relatively fl...

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You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello

Ed Schmidt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Reform, Detroit Public Schools, School Closings, School Planning, Washington-Dc-Public-Schools, Education News
Ed Schmidt

Whether it's with a coat of paint or a cloud of dust, this season we will say goodbye to a number of our school buildings.

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Students Watched While DC Police Removed Their Teachers

Claudia Ricci | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Washington D.C., Michelle A. Rhee, Washington DC Public Schools, Teacher Firings, Politics News
Claudia Ricci

Armed policemen wearing bullet-proof vests appeared. Accompanying the cops were the new teachers who informed the existing teachers that they had been replaced. No warning at all.

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