It is nice to see the Georgia Straight reporting on schooling issues with this week’s story on the debate between Paul Shaker (Dean of Education at SFU) and Peter Crowley of the Fraser Institute.
Shaker challenges the overuse and over interpretation of FSA scores as indicators of the quality of schools. Although lots of numbers may look scientific, Shaker asserts the Fraser Institute approach would never stand up under serious peer review.
Read the Georgia Straight article here.
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Glad to see some critical analysis of the Fraser Institute rankings from somewhere other than the BCTF (they do a good job, but need support from others, like academics, parents, etc).