Geoff,
This seems especially true to me because in my state (and I've heard in 
other states also) 25% of a teacher's evaluation will be based on how 
well her students did on the end of year test. 

But schools will no longer have to make Annual Yearly Progress.  The 
school as a whole will get no consequence, but the teacher will. 
Jan


Quoting Geoffrey Layton <[log in to unmask]>:
  As should be evident, these are not "standards" or "objectives" with 
any other pedagogical or educational relevance but only part of a CYA 
document that can be used to pass blame on to others (i.e., teachers). 
Politicians and administrators can say, "Well, we did the heavy lifting 
of putting together this wise, sound document, which we know to be 
wise and sound because we did it."

Geoff Layton
 

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