BREAKING: Education Department Shifts Course on Testing

The Education Department put out a press release today signaling a noteworthy shift in their education policies pertaining to standardized testing; it looks like the kind of change many of us have bee...

Make Time for ‘Defies Measurement’ (full review)

In "Defies Measurement," Shannon Puckett has produced a documentary that illustrates what has been lost, and what we stand to lose, through the misuse of standardized test results to drive education r...

Must Watch: Education Documentary, “Defies Measurement”

"Defies Measurement" is an education documentary that tells a compelling local story of a school closure, situated against a backdrop of misguided and destructive education reform policies. ...

Crime and Punishment for Atlanta Educators

As a teacher, I do not tolerate cheating by my students, but I also take responsibility for creating assessment conditions that minimize cheating. Will any policy makers accept responsibility for the ...

Does Political “Cover” Produce Effective Policy?

We don't go into teaching to raise test scores; we go into teaching to promote a much wider variety of skills that are poorly measured by tests, if they're measured at all....

Book Review: This Is Not a Test, by José Vilson

If you’ve read José Vilson’s blog posts, or articles, or follow him on Twitter, maybe you already know he can be a compelling writer and speaker. The impact of his book, This Is Not a ...