Monthly Archives: January 2017

“Organizationally orchestrated propaganda” at ETS

Posted on 18/01/2017 by Richard P Phelps

With the testing opt-out movement growing in popularity in 2016, Common Core’s profiteers began to worry. Lower participation enough and the entire enterprise could be threatened: with meaningless aggregate scores; compromised test statistics vital to quality control; and a strong … Continue reading →

Posted in Censorship, College prep, Common Core, Education policy, Ethics, information suppression, Richard P. Phelps | Tagged ETS, opt out, opting out, Randy Bennett, testing | Leave a comment

Martin Luther King’s non-violence: Personal belief or strategy or both?

Posted on 16/01/2017 by Erich Martel

On a day when we remember Martin Luther King, I want to share a personal perspective on his advocacy of non-violence. When the wisdom of a great person is invoked, omission of the context that gave it meaning demeans the … Continue reading →

Posted in Erich Martel, Ethics | Tagged civil rights, Martin Luther King, non violence | Leave a comment

Significance of PISA math results

Posted on 02/01/2017 by Wayne Bishop

A new round of two international comparisons of student mathematics performance came out recently and there was a lot of interest because the reports were almost simultaneous, TIMSS[1] in late November 2016 and PISA[2] just a week later. They are … Continue reading →