THE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION IN EDUCATION
Kappan Magazine

May Cover

MEASURING RESULTS

MAY 2009 • Volume 90, Number 9

 

From Accreditation to Accountability, by Richard Rothstein, Rebecca Jacobsen, and Tamara Wilder
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Measuring Skills for 21st-Century Learning, by Elena Silva
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Beware of Geeks Bearing Formulas: Reflections on Growth Models for School Accountability, by Jennifer L. Jennings and Sean P. Corcoran
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Maximizing the Power of Formative Assessments, by Rick Stiggins and Rick DuFour
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Exit Exams Harm Students Who Fail Them — and Don't Benefit Students Who Pass Them, by John Robert Warren and Eric Grodsky
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A How-to Plan for Widening the Gap, by Kim Marshall
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Challenging Assumptions About the Achievement Gap: Part Two, The Matter of Dropouts, by Al Ramirez and Dick Carpenter
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Lost at the Last Minute, by Jeffrey D. Menzer and Robert L. Hampel
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The Numbers We Need: Bringing Balanced Scorecards to Education Data, by Frederick M. Hess and Jon Fullerton
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Accountability Nudges Districts into Changes in Culture, by William A. Firestone
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Accounting for Accountability, by Gregg B. Jackson

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Glass, Bug, Mud, by Kimberly J. Grimes and Dannelle D. Stevens
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Caring Closes the Language-Learning Gap, by Mary Borba
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Reading and Happiness, by Lawrence Baines
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DEPARTMENTS

THE EDITOR'S PAGE: Boards Gone Awry, by Joan Richardson
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WASHINGTON COMMENTARY: Educating More Americans Requires Broader View of Learning, by Anne C. Lewis
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STATELINE: Something Good This Way Comes?, Kathy Christie
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IN CANADA: Aboriginal Education Still Needs Work, by Ben Levin
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RESEARCH: Our Resegregated Schools, by Gerald W. Bracey
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COURTSIDE: Test-Taking Accomplice-ments?, by Perry A. Zirkel
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PDK WORKING FOR YOU
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BACKTALK: Grade Inflation: Sense and Nonsense, by Thomas F. Kelly
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