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A wide body of research shows that teachers are the most important school-based factor related to student achievement.

Yet according to a new analysis of student performance in Florida that two colleagues and I conducted, little to no relationship exists between these credentials and the gains that a teacher’s students make on standardized math and reading exams.

external teacher credentials tell us next to nothing about how well a teacher will perform in the classroom

Diversity Tool Kit The Action plan was created in response to the Board’s ongoing concern that ACSA membership lacked diversity in its membership and leadership and charged the Equity, Achievement and Diversity for Success (EADS) Committee to address the issue. The Diversity Action Plan was approved by the Board in May 2006 and touched on six specific areas: Training – building cultural competency to help administrators understand the issues associated with diversity and the barriers to access that certain groups encounter. Mentoring – develop a mentoring support program for new administrators of color. Internal leadership – equip members of color to take leadership roles within the organization. Recruitment & Retention – implement strategies that specifically increase recruitment of minority administrators through ACSA’s statewide membe3rship campaign and increasing retention rates for ALL members (regardless of ethnicity) by providing engaging opportunities for involvement at both the local and state levels. Data – collect and analyze data to inform the organization of current membership gaps.   Results will help shape ACSA’s direction on membership development. Communication – increase awareness of issues regarding membership diversity and ACSA’s efforts to promote equity in standards-based system.

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Their ideas boil down to this strategy: NCLB failed because we didn’t use enough carrots and sticks. They say that schools should operate like businesses, because the free market is more efficient than government. So these reformers — I call them corporate reformers — advocate market-based reforms.

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l testing began in 2002, and no gains for Hispanic students since 2005. According to the latest research, the black-white achievement gap is larger now in Chicago than when the reforms began.

schools have a "long tail" of support staff charged with ensuring that educators have the tools they need to be effective. Just as it makes more sense to judge the quality of army chefs on the quality of their kitchens and cuisines rather than on the outcome of combat operations, so it is more sensible to focus on how well district employees perform their prescribed tasks than on less direct measures of job performance. The tendency to casually focus on student achievement, especially given the testing system's heavy emphasis on reading and math, allows a large number of employees to either be excused from results-driven accountability or be held accountable for activities over which they have no control. This undermines a performance mindset and promises to eventually erode confidence in management.