The Blog of Ms. Mercer

…which in my opinion is to tell the truth. I came across, One Minute of Nonsense when Larry Feralazzo sent me to an article on Whole Language living on. That led me to this article on Dibels, where I answer a commenter who likes her Dibels. Summary: some kind of assessment data, is the kind of assessment data we all could do without! In related news (I do see a relationship between scripted curriculum, scientifically based reading instruction and NCLB, if you don’t, drop me a line–I promise not to bite): NCLB is set for a House vote on Monday. It will be re-authorized AS-IS. All the talk about growth models, flexibility in testing, etc. is out the window. What has been added is incentive pay. Since NCLB has NEVER been fully funded (and last I heard that isn’t planned in this version), that money will have to come from somewhere (the rest of the budget), so if your students are moving up, your pay won’t either (and you could see benefits cuts etc., to pay for this.). STOP THE MADNESS!