“If I liken the Pacific War to a football match, I can say to you that the first half is over, we have kicked off after the interval, and we are going to carry the ball into enemy territory for a smashing victory.”
“[After meeting five times since forming in May, the Committee to Close the Achievement Gap delivered its first report to the Board of Education last week.] The striking thing that we're finding is the consistency of the gap over time, ... The same gaps exist that existed during the last five years.”
“The concern is, with the extension of that program, a lot of the vendors that are designing and scoring these tests are dealing with volumes of tests that they have not experienced before, as the testing program in essence doubles this spring across the country. It's a high-stakes test, and accuracy is so important.”
