Joanne JacobsJul 30, 20182 minShow me the test scoresYou want my kids to go to your schools? Show me they’re learning, writes Citizen Stewart in a defense of test-based accountability....
Joanne JacobsMay 15, 20182 minHow to motivate studentsMany believe “extrinsic” motivators, such as incentives, “decrease student effort by eroding students’ intrinsic desire to learn,” they...
Joanne JacobsApr 27, 20181 minRemember when every kid counted?all their students made the grade — not just some of them, not just the White ones and the middle-class ones.” Under No Child Left Behind...
Joanne JacobsMar 27, 20181 minTest scores don’t predict life outcomesHow do we measure a school’s success? School of choice that raise reading and math scores don’t always improve later outcomes, such as...