WWMD on NAEP Exemptions

A-Rus is perplexed over at This Week in Education, and so am I. Why isn't anyone concerned that some districts exempted 20% of the total student population on the NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment?

Elizabeth Green is. A-Rus is. I am. But where are the groups most in favor of keeping ELL/students with disabilities in the accountability system - Ed Trust, Ed Sector, ELL/students with disabilities advocates, and the Secretary of Education - on this? Or groups like Fordham or the NYT that are concerned with having one national measure that allows for comparability across states?

WWMD means "What Will Maggie Do?"

Soapy Maggie Leads off the Halloween Edu-Parade!

Mix Tape for Maggie's China trip

Mix tapes are the best medicine for travel and semi-bad news. And Madame Secretary's got a bit of both to contend with. With the less than glowing NAEP results on progress in closing achievement gaps, the battle over NCLB reauthorization, and her crazy long flight home from China in mind, I suggest the following:

1) "The Sign" - Ace of Base (for NAEP part 1)
2) "Big Girls Don't Cry" - Fergie (for NAEP part 2)
3) "You're So Vain" - Carly Simon (for George Miller)
4) "Lost in Your Eyes" - Debbie Gibson (for Buck McKeon)
5) "One Shot" - Eminem (NCLB anthem)
6) "Not Ready to Make Nice" - The Dixie Chicks (for irony)
7) "Opposites Attract" - Paula Abdul (for Reg Weaver)
8) "Drunk and Hot Girls" - Kanye West (shout out to Eli and Bill)
9) "Friends in Low Places" - Garth Brooks (for POTUS)
10) "The Right Stuff" - New Kids on the Block (positive psychology part 1)
11) "I'm Too Sexy" - Right Said Fred (positive psychology part 2)
12) "Faith" - George Michael (positive psychology part 3)