Hannah is my Name.

After all, Race to the Top — a competition that has states vie for federal funds by promising to implement reforms championed by the Education Department — does, in fact, extend NCLB’s obsession with standardized testing. How? By requiring that teacher evaluation be in part measured by the scores students get on these exams. There is no concrete evidence that any of the Race to the Top reforms actually improve student achievement, but when has education policy paid attention to research?

— Jon Stewart takes on Obama’s school reform — again - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post (via holeycynicism)

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