tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618709929318397424.post302212568481090411..comments2023-10-31T07:43:37.520-04:00Comments on NJ Left Behind: Who Stole Michael Winerip's Brain?NJ Left Behindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16739701636089453850noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618709929318397424.post-40725683833533065482011-04-19T12:54:10.985-04:002011-04-19T12:54:10.985-04:00No Luddite here.
Aren't schools like industri...No Luddite here.<br /><br />Aren't schools like industrial age factories where productivity can be conveniently quantified?<br /><br />Just add some statistical adjustments - pretty simple, really. We'll have that Toyota Prius humming right-quick, so long as we are not innumerate. There are consultants that can do this.<br /><br />Then we'll know whom to fire, and the stellar remaining staff will happily compensate for all the damage done by conditions outside the classroom.<br /><br />If anyone thinks that's unfair, hey, life's tough all over. Get with the program. It's the new social order in the 21st century.A. Gad Flyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495621375032883991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618709929318397424.post-69467895017960664222011-04-18T22:38:09.161-04:002011-04-18T22:38:09.161-04:00Temper, temper.
Isn't the real beef against c...Temper, temper.<br /><br />Isn't the real beef against current VAM models that they don't address the key statistical issues of false positives and negatives with the acuity necessary when peoples' jobs are on the line?<br /><br />P.S. Diane Ravitch is a Wellesley Woman? I should have known.kallikakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13030316064310826943noreply@blogger.com