Racing to the Test
by Matthew Koslowski on March 31, 2010
in Essays
In This Essay |
| “Only Two States Win Race to Top” by Neil King, Jr., The Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2010 |
| On the surprising science of motivation by Dan Pink, TED, August 2009 |
Measuring Up: What Educational Testing Really Tells Us by Daniel M. Koretz, Ph.D. |
I think the “Race to the Top” initiative by the Obama administration is as wrongheaded as “No Child Left Behind”.
Do not get me wrong, I believe that both President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have the best interests of our children at heart. And, I believe that President Bush and Senator Ted Kennedy, who people forget co-sponsored the legislation in the Senate, had the best interest of our children at heart. But I think they all are gravely mistaken.
I have worked at banks for the past three years. I have a pay-for-performance incentive plan, based on how many checking accounts, savings accounts, home equity loans and lines of credit, and investment referrals I make.
And it does not motivate me.
