Who can argue against "accountability"? I wonder what the response of the teachers' unions will be?

Geoff Layton
 > Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:16:21 -0400
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> Subject: Re: Quick Common Core question
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> 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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