tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997838873455865285.post4597598357464399355..comments2023-12-30T01:08:45.828-05:00Comments on Learning in Maine: Who Creates National Standards and Why?Jim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683223394880936587noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997838873455865285.post-79565254193980121542009-06-18T12:33:12.385-04:002009-06-18T12:33:12.385-04:00I have to admit I haven't read the referenced ...I have to admit I haven't read the referenced article, but it looks to me that one way of looking at it may be "if you can't beat'em, join'em". Subject matter people might want to a) give standards at least some meaning; b) have a piece of the pie, or at least the crumbs.<br />Seriously, we need to be waging a war on Duncan and the stubborn short-sighted persistence to enforce more and more standards and tests. I liked it the way Chris Lehmann put it - good data is very expensive, and cannot be gathered only at an annual test - that data means little if anything. Good data comes from daily observations and such; so let's just drop it altogether and spend that money somewhere else. Or save it, that's not as popular these days.OLAPLANTEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06655032861326849330noreply@blogger.com