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The education system is dealing with a concerted effort at making it more accountable and transparent. Whereas measurement of a quality education used to focus on inputs such as money spent, the new measurement is focused on student outcomes such as learning success determined by large-scale standardized tests. This change in perspective assesses personnel and system performance using empirical data rather than perceptual information.
Transparent access to data regarding student learning is uncomfortable to teachers' unions because it is difficult to explain away objective information. Their substantial success in reducing teacher workload and limiting management's activity is predicated on persuading the public that they are focused on students. In reality, teachers are their clients, and students are frequently disadvantaged as the unions pursue a "less work, more pay" objective.
Many politicians are complicit in this pursuit because they are reticent to embrace reform when confronted by such a powerful special interest. When considering issues which pit student best interests with those of teachers, governments frequently side with teachers because they can vote whereas students cannot. Flashpoints emerge as data is introduced into the process for making decisions.
Transparent access to data regarding student learning is uncomfortable to teachers' unions because it is difficult to explain away objective information. Their substantial success in reducing teacher workload and limiting management's activity is predicated on persuading the public that they are focused on students. In reality, teachers are their clients, and students are frequently disadvantaged as the unions pursue a "less work, more pay" objective.
Many politicians are complicit in this pursuit because they are reticent to embrace reform when confronted by such a powerful special interest. When considering issues which pit student best interests with those of teachers, governments frequently side with teachers because they can vote whereas students cannot. Flashpoints emerge as data is introduced into the process for making decisions.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Preface
- Introduction
- A Blissful Past Disrupted
- āHolsterā Your Anger
- Accountability: Investment or Expense?
- Class Size: Working or Learning Condition?
- Paying Teachers for the Wrong Things
- Students Are More Accountable Than Educators
- Trust or Accountability
- Teacher Gender and Fairness to Boys
- Why Is Tenure Such a Villain?
- āContinuous Passā and āAll Passā Are Unwelcome Twins
- Democratizing Education
- Striking Is Wrongheaded
- School Boardsā Misplaced Priorities
- Coaches Should Not Evaluate
- What Gets Measured Gets Taught
- The Unfairness of Prolonged Summer Vacations
- The Pain of the Twelve-Month Window
- Measuring Leadership
- Going from Upside Down to Right-Way Up
- References