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It is possible to encourage excellence in an organisation, even a large one such as a public-school system, without relying on statistical performance metrics Diane Ravitch, the education-reform advocate famous for having long advocated chartered schools and centralised assessment of teachers only to turn against both reforms in the past few years, has a post at the New York Review of Books railing against New York's new testing standards.
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Since the publication of her book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education, author Diane Ravitch has been both criticized and hailed for turning her back on the school... Read Post

Diane Ravitch admires Finland's education system: Finland’s highly developed teacher preparation program is the centerpiece of its school reform strategy. Only eight universities are permitted to prepare teachers, and admission to t... Read Post

DIANE RAVITCH, the education-reform advocate famous for having long advocated chartered schools and centralised assessment of teachers only to turn against both reforms in the past few years, has a post at the New York Review of Boo... Read Post