As one who reads reviews of movies far more often than seeing the movies themselves, I must point out that “Bad Teacher” was not on my list of must-see movies; not only is it a movie that at this point in my 42 years I feel I’ve moved “beyond” being entertained by, but it seemed at most a very lazy attempt to make money with…
Standardized Tests: Ideology in the Guise of Impartial “Measurement”
How aware are you of how schools (systems and single–like districts or single elementary or secondary units) are measured “successful”? Graduation rates? Percentage of graduates pursuing further education? Percentage of graduates employed? Percentage of drop-outs? Average grade-point per student? Should we also consider budgets? Family economic factors? State lunch programs? Should we weight success using these economic factors? Perhaps a “C” student who’s family lives…