Should schools be evaluated on the amount of growth students make from year to year or by hitting a set target? Should the amount of growth students make be included in the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act? If you want to know the answer to these and other questions, BoardBuzz recommends that you take part in The Center for Public Education’s online chat at 2:00 p.m. EST on Thursday December 6th at http://discussions.centerforpubliceducation.org. The Center’s policy analyst Jim Hull and the National School Boards Association’s director of federal affairs, Marc Egan will take your questions on the various growth models in use today and how they should be used for both assessment and within the context of NCLB.
BoardBuzz encourages you to read The Center for Public Education’s Growth Models: A guide to informed decision making then submit your questions early at http://discussions.centerforpubliceducation.org.
