Tag Archives: pineapple-gate

The war on testing – NYPost.com

Posted on May 11, 2012 by SquarePegDem

I don’t care for use of the term, “war on…” but I don’t write the headers for my column. We should honor the sacrifice of the men and women killed, maimed and injured in real wars. In today’s OpEd column, … Continue reading →

Posted in Education Reform, Public Policy | Tagged Andrew Cuomo, Education, Education reform, Mayor Bloomberg, No Child Left Behind, pineapple-gate, President Obama, standardized testing, teacher evaluations | 4 Comments

What Everyone Missed on the Pineapple Question | TIME Ideas | TIME.com

Posted on May 7, 2012 by SquarePegDem

Since I am not prone to say, “I told you, so!” I’ll let Time magazine’s Andrew Rotherham tell you why I was right to take the Daily News, Ken Jennings and State Ed Commissioner John King to task over pineapplegate. … Continue reading →

Posted in Education Reform, Public Policy | Tagged Education reform, john king, pineapple-gate | 1 Comment

Talking Pineapples and Test Bashing

Posted on April 25, 2012 by SquarePegDem

This past weekend, I read with great annoyance of the so-called Pineapple-gate” and the resulting weeklong standardized test-bashing echo chamber. Critics were calling for the trashing of the recent 8th grade ELA exam because of a nonsensical passage and questions … Continue reading →

Posted in Education Reform, Public Policy | Tagged achievement gap, Education reform, eighth grade ela, john king, leonie haimson, Mayor Bloomberg, Pearson Testing, pineapple-gate, The Advance | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: pineapple-gate

The war on testing – NYPost.com

What Everyone Missed on the Pineapple Question | TIME Ideas | TIME.com

Talking Pineapples and Test Bashing

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