Accountability Frankenstein http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com A podcast series about high-stakes testing Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:11:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 en ©Sherman Dorn http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/category/podcast/feed/ info@accountabilityfrankenstein.com (Sherman Dorn) info@accountabilityfrankenstein.com Education 1440 education,accountability,politics,education policy Understanding and Taming the Monster Accountability Frankenstein: Understanding and Taming the Monster. Discussions of high-stakes testing and education policy Sherman Dorn Sherman Dorn info@accountabilityfrankenstein.com No no http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/wp-content/uploads/AF-cover-square-100.jpg Accountability Frankenstein http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com 144 144 Episode 6: Unbundling accountability http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/12/18/episode-6-unbundling-accountability/ http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/12/18/episode-6-unbundling-accountability/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:35:10 +0000 Sherman http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/12/18/episode-6-unbundling-accountability/ New York City has followed Florida in labeling schools with single letter grades, and there is an irony in Joel Klein trying to monopolize anything, including ways of judging schools.

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]]> http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/12/18/episode-6-unbundling-accountability/feed/ 8:11 New York City has followed Florida in labeling schools with single letter grades, and there is an irony in Joel Klein trying to monopolize anything, ... New York City has followed Florida in labeling schools with single letter grades, and there is an irony in Joel Klein trying to monopolize anything, including ways of judging schools. I have had a great time crunch this semester, and this episode is an experiment, with a speech synthesizer reading my text to reduce my need to find time to record and edit my own voice. Let me know what you think!Download Unbundling accountability Podcast Sherman Dorn no No Episode 5: Jack Jennings Is Right, Part 1 http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/09/11/episode-5-jack-jennings-is-right-part-1/ http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/09/11/episode-5-jack-jennings-is-right-part-1/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:18:46 +0000 Sherman http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/09/11/episode-5-jack-jennings-is-right-part-1/ At yesterday’s NCLB reauthorization hearing in the House, Jack Jennings of the Center on Education Policy finally got his chance to make concrete recomendations. He’s right on several fronts, but I only tackle one idea in this podcast.


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]]> http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/09/11/episode-5-jack-jennings-is-right-part-1/feed/ 5:19 At yesterday's NCLB reauthorization hearing in the House, Jack Jennings of the Center on Education Policy finally got his chance to make concrete recomendations. He's ... At yesterday's NCLB reauthorization hearing in the House, Jack Jennings of the Center on Education Policy finally got his chance to make concrete recomendations. He's right on several fronts, but I only tackle one idea in this podcast.Download Episode 5 (Jack Jennings Is Right, Part 1) Podcast Sherman Dorn no No Episode 4 (previewing the September 10, 2007, House hearing on NCLB) http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/09/10/episode-4-previewing-the-september-10-2007-house-hearing-on-nclb/ http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/09/10/episode-4-previewing-the-september-10-2007-house-hearing-on-nclb/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:16:22 +0000 Sherman http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/09/10/episode-4-previewing-the-september-10-2007-house-hearing-on-nclb/ A brief note about today’s House hearing on No Child Left Behind reauthorization.


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]]> http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/09/10/episode-4-previewing-the-september-10-2007-house-hearing-on-nclb/feed/ 1:10 A brief note about today's House hearing on No Child Left Behind reauthorization.Download Episode 4 (previewing the September 10, 2007, House hearing on NCLB) A brief note about today's House hearing on No Child Left Behind reauthorization.Download Episode 4 (previewing the September 10, 2007, House hearing on NCLB) Podcast Sherman Dorn no No Episode 3 (a conversation with Doug Christensen) http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/08/05/episode-3-a-conversation-with-doug-christensen/ http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/08/05/episode-3-a-conversation-with-doug-christensen/#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:06:35 +0000 Sherman http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/08/05/episode-3-a-conversation-with-doug-christensen/ Discussion of Nebraska Education Commissioner Doug Christensen, Maryland teacher Ken Bernstein, and Sherman Dorn, recorded at YearlyKos (Chicago), August 4, 2007.


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]]> http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/08/05/episode-3-a-conversation-with-doug-christensen/feed/ 47:55 Discussion of Nebraska Education Commissioner Doug Christensen, Maryland teacher Ken Bernstein, and Sherman Dorn, recorded at YearlyKos (Chicago), August 4, 2007.Download A conversation with Doug ... Discussion of Nebraska Education Commissioner Doug Christensen, Maryland teacher Ken Bernstein, and Sherman Dorn, recorded at YearlyKos (Chicago), August 4, 2007.Download A conversation with Doug Christensen Podcast Sherman Dorn no No Episode 2 (intimate vs. statistical knowledge) http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/04/18/af-podcast-2/ http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/04/18/af-podcast-2/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:12:54 +0000 Sherman http://www.accountabilityfrankenstein.com/2007/04/18/af-podcast-2/ This podcast is 3:54 long and contains a short discussion of how we get information about schools and a trivia contest.


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