March 19, 2008
"Differentiated accountability"
Alexander Russo links to news coverage of the Margaret Spellings announcement yesterday that maybe not all AYP failures are the same. Here's some blog coverage:
- Ed Week reporter David Hoff notes the irony that Spellings made the announcement in a state that was ineligible for the pilot.
- St Pete Times reporter Ron Matus anticipates that Florida politicians will say "we did it first!"
- Jim Horn quotes the FairTest reaction that it's rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
- Eduwonk Andy Rotherham says it's a good policy move, but the administration's political context for the announcement ain't pretty.
- NSBA's BoardBuzz calls it "probably a day late and a dollar short."
- Eduflack wonders why Spellings is allergic to the word "flexibility."
Spellings went to growth pilots, waivers (or turning the other cheek) to allow tutoring before choice, and now differing judgments on failure to meet AYP after others talked about the ideas for years. I think Spellings is just channeling Adlai Stevenson, who once quipped that leadership is seeing where the crowd is heading and getting in front of it.
(Does anyone know the exact wording or source for that?)
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Posted in Accountability Frankenstein on March 19, 2008 10:03 AM | |
