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Dec 10th, 2010
| 09:19 AM | Assessment & Accountability

RESPONSE: I echo David's disappointment with the evaluation of QEIA. Although the new study does what it can with publicly available aggregate achievement data, the methods and data used in the study do not tell us anything about whether or not QEIA funding helps schools that received the intervention to perform better...

Dec 9th, 2010
| 03:50 PM | Finance

When education folks in California talk about the need for state-wide data, they are generally referring to CALPADS (California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System), which has been in the news again lately after the Governor cut funding...

Dec 9th, 2010
| 11:48 AM | Assessment & Accountability

Cross-posted from The Sacramento Bee. Published: Thursday, Decebmer 12, 2010

By David N. Plank and Scott Hill

On the football field, a talented quarterback often calls the option play, holding off on the decision to run or pass to the last possible moment. This gives him time to survey...