New York’s implementation of the ESSA accountability system has produced a bureaucratic quagmire worthy of Orwell, Dickens or Kafka.
How the NYS Ed Department distorts school performance
The New York State Education Department’s accountability system distorts school performance in absurd ways and with perverse results.
What changes are coming to New York’s school accountability system?
There are significant changes coming to New York State’s school accountability system now that the US Department of Education has approved the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan.
Is New York’s Education Department capable of transforming itself?
With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act, New York’s Ed Dept has a huge opportunity to reinvent itself. But is it capable of transformation?
Why NY’s Grade 3 – 8 assessments are useless for tracking improvement
New York’s school districts must wait until the summer of 2019 to get an accurate assessment of the effectiveness of their ELA and math strategies.
US Senate bill would eliminate punitive nature of NCLB
The New York State Education Department has fetishized failure, distorting overall school performance. Fortunately, relief may be on its way in the form of a bipartisan bill to revise the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law and eliminate its most punitive elements.
Minimum qualifications for NY’s Commissioner of Education
The New York State Education Department has posted the job of Commissioner of Education. The stated qualifications are boilerplate and underwhelming. I suggest that NYSED’s HR department amend the posting to add the following.
Applicants for the position of Commissioner of Education must demonstrate
– The ability to inspire the state’s professional educators to extraordinary levels of performance.
– Evidence of having eliminated wasteful, bureaucratic burdens on school districts.
– A history of transparency as a leader.
Diane Ravitch features Prism’s post on John King & the Common Core
Diane Ravitch has blogged about my recent post, John King, the Common Core and cognitive bias.
John King, the Common Core and cognitive bias
It’s pretty clear that New York State Commission of Education John King is one of the nation’s top advocates for the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. It’s also becoming increasingly apparent that he may be doing more to undermine the implementation of the Common Core than he is doing to support it. For […]
State ed predicts sharp decline in ELA and Math pass rates
The New York State Education Department is predicting a sharp decline in ELA and Math pass rates.