EdWeek Update: 'Value Added' Data Prove Beneficial to Ed. Schools

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	TODAY'S TOP STORY 'Value Added' Data Prove Beneficial to Ed. Schools States' teacher-training programs have used the data to improve their curricula and graduates' classroom performance. For more stories, visit Education Week's homepage. Advertisement The cure for shallow classroom discussions. Academic Conversations gives you the structures you need to foster quality conversations in language arts, social studies, science, and other subjects. Students will develop critical skills for exploring an important question, idea, or topic. Preview the entire book! TODAY'S COMMENTARY Why Science Doesn't Support Single-Sex Classes Hype, not science, are behind interest in single-gender classrooms, write Rosalind C. Barnett and Caryl Rivers. View more Commentaries from Education Week. Follow Education Week Commentary @EdWeekComm Advertisement Scholastic Reading Inventory™: Awarded the Highest Level of Effectiveness from the National Center for Response to Intervention. SRI is a research-based, computer-adaptive assessment, developed on The Lexile Framework®, to support universal screening at all instructional levels. SRI provides immediate, actionable data for RTI. Learn More DIGITAL DIRECTIONS Q&A Imagining a Virtual Ed. Oasis Fiction writer and techie Ernest Cline, who has a particular passion for education and how it might look in the future, answers some key questions from Education Week Digital Directions. View more from the new issue of Digital Directions. TODAY'S MUST-READ Q&A Rudy Crew's Public-Private Ed. Perspective The former New York City and Miami schools chief and National Superintendent of the Year was recently named president of Revolution K12, an educational technology company. Preview by clicking headline, or subscribe for full access. MORE NEWS Federal Role in K-12 at Heart of ESEA Hearing (February 16, 2012, Politics K-12 Blog) New York State, Union Reach a Deal on Teacher Evaluation (February 16, 2012, State EdWatch Blog) Leaks Show Conservative Group's Plan for U.S. Climate Curriculum (February 17, 2012, Associated Press) Study: Religion and Politics Affect Teen Birthrates More Than Sex Ed. (February 16, 2012, Inside School Research Blog) Preschool Chain and Accrediting Agency Team Up to Set Standards (February 16, 2012, Early Years Blog) Obama Proposes NAEP Cut; Seeks State Pilot for Global Testing (February 17, 2012, Politics K-12 Blog) Revising Autism Diagnoses Raises Worry (February 16, 2012, McClatchy-Tribune) Texas Proposes Plan for Students to Complete College on Time (February 16, 2012, College Bound Blog) MORE VIEWS Don't Like Value-Added? Cool. So Pick Your Poison (February 17, 2012, Rick Hess Straight Up Blog) Sorry Mr. Press Secretary, Multiple Measures Are Not Fairy Dust (February 16, 2012, Living in Dialogue Blog) I May be Wrong ... But I Doubt It* (February 16, 2012, Bridging Differences Blog) On 'Carrots, Sticks, and the Bully Pulpit' (February 16, 2012, BookMarks Blog) Top Ten Ways to Become a High-Performing System (Part Two) (February 17, 2012, Global Learning Blog) OUR COMMUNITY Comment of the Day Life is what you make it, and teaching isn't any different, so go for it! —Fond Turner • View this comment and respond. Weekly Forum Discussion What Will Public Education Look Like in the Future? A reader wants to know your vision for the future of schooling. "I imagine a move away from community schools and a move toward custom-made educations," writes Sherrie273. Decades from now, what shape will public schools take? • Share your thoughts. Follow EdWeek on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news and insight.		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