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Friedman Foundation on the PISA Results

| December 5, 2014
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The new PISA results showing American students fell behind more nations in reading, math, and science are being used to criticize our current education system while others are employing PISA to bash or elevate the reforms many have proposed to improve it. I have two reactions to both efforts: 1. Should test scores really be […]

Friday Freakout: High-Stakes Tests Leading to Chinese Education Model

| March 14, 2014
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Our topic of focus today comes to us from the comments section of an Indianapolis Star article called, “Diane Ravitch’s opposition to accountability isn’t realistic.” Check out this impassioned public school teacher’s take: School choice opponents often say, as Diane Ravitch has, that choice proponents are just “corporate reformers” who aim to push high-stakes tests on […]

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