Five Best Blogs: Flawed "Bottom Five Percent" Focus

Waivers & Harkin-Enzi repeat flaws of NCLB, according to forthcoming Ed Researcher paper from USC ow.ly/clQki @mpolikoff

About half of doctors use electronic records, says @Wonkblog ow.ly/cmxQQ [Are teachers ahead or behind, I wonder?]

Harvard Ed School announces residency placements for first wave of new ed leadership degree candidatesow.ly/cmwBU

Ravitch (Diane) on Ravitch (Richard) re education spending blog ow.ly/cmxX7 

Three reasons lawmakers feel free to slam teachers @shermandorn ow.ly/1OjCUA

The Suburban Districts Coalesce ow.ly/cmn5R via @EducationSector

Dana Goldstein: Schools Are Not Businesses | The Nation ow.ly/1OjCBE

 

Comments

[Sarah]

A common problem with standardized testing has been that it caters to the minority of students, without bothering to adapt for other students, at least that I’ve noticed. I imagine tests only get less accurate and more confusing the more they’re tailored to students in a way that focuses solely on boosting scores.