The Broad Foundation, on the major backers of the test-based accountability has given the $1 million Broad Prize for Urban Education to the Brownsville (Texas) School District on the same day the that Texas authorities announced that the district had failed to meet achievement targets for two years under the federal No Child Left Behind law.
Is it good news that test-pushers realized that indicators other than test scores are best in judging school quality?
See the story in The New York Times.
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