AFT's Nancy Van Meter, guest-bloging at edbizbuzz, combines snarkery and wonkery as she looks at whether SES providers are on the up and up when they ask that student achievement, not politics, be the only criterion for the program.

Dismissing skeptics of SES as zealots is an easy way to get around the lack of evidence six years in to the program without responding to legitimate issues. The law states that SES must be “high quality, research-based, and specifically designed to increase student academic achievement” (Title 1, Section 116 (e) (12) ( C )). In NCLBworld, every thing is judged on whether it improves student achievement; SES doesn’t get a pass on the accountability because it’s a “market-based reform.”

For much more good stuff, see the full post here.

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