Bruce Baker is one of the more thoughtful examiners of the many practices being put in place by the latest wave of education "reformers." Dr. Baker is a professor in the graduate school of education at Rutgers; hisSchoolFinance101 blog is a must read for those who are trying to understand what is happening in our schools.

At the end of January, Dr. Baker and two colleagues released a paper entitled "The Legal Consequences of Mandating High Stakes Decisions Based on Low Quality Information." You can find the paper through this link.Although somewhat lengthy, it is worth the read.