Education Dept.’s Washington Schools Inquiry - NYTimes.com

This is the consistent result of high-stakes testing as the defining measure of effectiveness. It started in Houston with Paige, we see it in Chicago, Atlanta, DC... More to come, I'm sure.

Education Dept.’s Washington Schools Inquiry - NYTimes.com: "The Atlanta and Washington situations are similar in several ways. Ms. Rhee and Beverly Hall, the former Atlanta superintendent, both relied on fear to motivate, relentlessly driving their work forces. Dr. Hall told principals that if scores didn’t go up enough in three years, they’d be fired. Ms. Rhee bragged about how hard she pushed. “We want educators to feel the pressure,” she said."

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