Accountability That Advances Learning
A Public Discussion With:
Richard Rothstein, Research Associate,
Economic Policy Institute; Author of Grading Education: Getting
Accountability Right
Doug Christensen, Emeritus Commissioner
of Education, Nebraska; Professor of Leadership in Education, Doane
College
Beth Foley, Senior Policy Analyst,
Education Policy and Practice Department, National Education Association
When: March 17, 2010, from 1:00
PM until 3 PM
Where: Economic Policy
Institute, 1333 H Street, NW, Suite 300, East Tower, Washington, DC
What: Our panelists will
present ideas on how to overhaul accountability in the reauthorization
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The Administration, the
Congress, and educators, citizens and policymakers across the nation
recognize that accountability structures need major changes. Richard
Rothstein has proposed the use of 'Inspection' systems as employed in
England, New Zealand, Holland and some localities in the U.S., and he
supports revamping the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Doug
Christensen worked to ensure that both assessment and accountability
supported school improvement and high-quality learning in Nebraska
through the development of a state system of local assessments led by
teachers. Beth Foley will present FEA's ideas for accountability as
developed in the Joint Statement on NCLB, Empowering Schools
and Improving Learning, and several FEA reports, all available at
http://www.edaccountability.org.
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