Stop the presses! We have a winner of the Who Said It? contest ? two, actually.? (That was fast. Too easy, I guess.) ?Though I like Jamie's entry, which was close ? ?an artist formerly known as Prince? ? ?commenters known as Hmmmmmmmm and Eric (hmmm?) both got it right:
Eric Hanushek.? The full paragraph reads:
The need to improve our schools, and to ensure that there is an effective teacher in every classroom, is too great simply to dismiss?[value-added] ?information as imperfect. The current system of evaluations is not just imperfect; it is completely broken. Unions either must participate in developing a thorough evaluation system or live with what comes out of the statistical models.
It's from Hanushek's October 27th New York Daily News essay ? and worth a full read.????So, hmmmmmmm, where do I send your decoder ring?
?Peter Meyer, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
