| "Award-winning HS principal Carol Burris reports on Duncan's latest foray into NY, where he highly praised the state's Commissioner of Education John King, disparaged disgruntled educators and parents as a distraction,urging the state to "stay the course." Burris, a leader in the effort to expose and reverse some of the worst aspects of Race to the Top, explains why it is important not to stay the course, when the course is leading in the wrong direction. ? There is no empirical evidence that rigorous state or national standards will result in higher student achievement or greater college readiness. She cites research to demonstrate that rigorous standards and high-stakes tests do not produce better education: While thoughtful educators look at the standards through their prism of good practice, test makers look at the standards as the basis for creating ??items ? that discriminat |
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