Comments on: Research as a big bear hunt http://www.edwize.org/research-as-a-big-bear-hunt Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Peter Goodman http://www.edwize.org/research-as-a-big-bear-hunt/comment-page-1#comment-66135 Peter Goodman Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:58:50 +0000 http://edwize.org/?p=2443#comment-66135 The "chronic absenteeism" report - is one of the most interesting recent pieces of research re NYC schools ... it refocuses how we look at attendance ... and ... it cost virtually nothing (done by Center for NYC Affairs at the New School University). Will the Alliance examine the impact of Mayoral Control? Analyze DOE claims re test scores? Individual teacher impact on student achievement? Who will decide the research? Will there be an RFP process for "outsiders"? and, since all this data is within the public domain why isn't it available to all researchers? Will the Alliance be a gatekeeper? A nice press conference ... now what? The “chronic absenteeism” report – is one of the most interesting recent pieces of research re NYC schools … it refocuses how we look at attendance … and … it cost virtually nothing (done by Center for NYC Affairs at the New School University). Will the Alliance examine the impact of Mayoral Control? Analyze DOE claims re test scores? Individual teacher impact on student achievement? Who will decide the research? Will there be an RFP process for “outsiders”? and, since all this data is within the public domain why isn’t it available to all researchers?

Will the Alliance be a gatekeeper?

A nice press conference … now what?

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