It's a telling commentary that Bill Gates's warning about evaluating teachers based largely on standardized test scores is accorded such legitimacy. I'm referring to his recent op-ed in the Washington Post that arose from a study his foundation released in January ("Gates's warning on test scores, Los Angeles Times, Apr. 11).
In contrast, when similar views were published before by educational scholars, they never received the same treatment. For example, the Economic Policy Institute released a report on Aug. 29, 2010 ("Problems With the Use of Student Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers"). And that's what's so troubling. Heavy funding by private philanthropies essentially forms educational policy ("Got Dough? How Billionaires Rule Our Schools," Dissent, Winter 2011).
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