CAT Tracks for May 2, 2013
A DEFENSE OF ARNE DUNCAN

By Arne Duncan.


Whoever wrote the first half of his speech did an excellent job identifying the things wrong with the Obama administration's obsession with standardized testing and the evaluation of teachers based on same.

Unfortunately, the second half of the speech can be summarized by "Damn the critics, full speed ahead!"

No surprise there...


From the Washington Post...

Duncan on testing: ‘We can’t throw the baby out with the bathwater’