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Dear Mainstream Media/ Education Journalism:

@EdWriters @educationweek @insidehighered @nytimes @TheAtlantic @NPR @NewsHour

Have you learned nothing with your failed *uncritical* relationships with education organizations/movements?

TFA, charter schools, VAM, Common Core 1/x
@EdWriters @educationweek @insidehighered @nytimes @TheAtlantic @NPR @NewsHour You continue your relationship with NCTQ, but refuse to acknowledge this is a dysfunctional relationship. Let me help.

First, no media should cover NCTQ reports *at all.* They are not credible or valid reports or research.

How often have you also covered reviews of NCTQ? 2/x
@EdWriters @educationweek @insidehighered @nytimes @TheAtlantic @NPR @NewsHour Teacher Layoffs: Rethinking "Last Hired, First Fired" Policies (NCTQ, 2010)

Review: nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/revi…

"proposals to measure, recognize and reward differences in teacher quality and utilize these in employment and promotion decisions are neither new nor unique." 3/x
@EdWriters @educationweek @insidehighered @nytimes @TheAtlantic @NPR @NewsHour Student Teaching in the United States (NCTQ, 2012)

Review: nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/revi…

"Benner’s critique finds fault at every level ..., including development and interpretation of the standards of evaluation, sampling techniques, methodology, data analysis, and findings" 4/x
@EdWriters @educationweek @insidehighered @nytimes @TheAtlantic @NPR @NewsHour Learning about Learning: What Every New Teacher Needs to Know (NCTQ, 2016)

Review: nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/revi…

"Limiting the analysis to one source ...renders the report of little value for improving teacher preparation, selecting textbooks, or guiding educational policy" 5/x
@EdWriters @educationweek @insidehighered @nytimes @TheAtlantic @NPR @NewsHour Within Our Grasp: Achieving Higher Admissions Standards in Teacher Prep (NCTQ, 2017)

Review: nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/revi…

"Each claim is based on one or two cherry-picked citations...Ultimately the report offers little guidance for policymakers or institutions" 6/x
@EdWriters @educationweek @insidehighered @nytimes @TheAtlantic @NPR @NewsHour 2018 State Teacher Policy Best Practices Guide (National Council on Teacher Quality, March 2018)

Review: nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/revi…

"Despite its intentions, the report has multiple flaws that undermine its validity and usefulness." 7/x
@EdWriters @educationweek @insidehighered @nytimes @TheAtlantic @NPR @NewsHour 2018 Teacher Prep Review (National Council on Teacher Quality, April 2018)

Review: nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/revi…

"However, the report has multiple logical, conceptual, and methodological flaws." 8/x
@EdWriters @educationweek @insidehighered @nytimes @TheAtlantic @NPR @NewsHour Making a Difference: Six Places Where Teacher Evaluation Systems Are Getting Results (National Council on Teacher Quality, October 2018)

Review: nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/revi…

"These methodological flaws limit the validity of the report’s findings and conclusions" 9/x
@EdWriters @educationweek @insidehighered @nytimes @TheAtlantic @NPR @NewsHour NCTQ is a biased think tank with bad intentions and bad methods for creating "reports"

Mainstream media should never stoop to press-release journalism, but uncritically promoting NCTQ is inexcusable

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A brief thread offering important context for survey from @educationweek @EdWriters :

Early Reading Instruction Results of a National Survey of K-2 and Elementary Special Education Teachers and Postsecondary Instructors

edweek.org/media/ed%20wee…

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@educationweek @EdWriters "There is no single definition of balanced literacy" (p. 4)

Therefore:

The Problem with Balanced Literacy radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2019/06/17/the…

See the important first-hand reflection by an elementary teacher

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@educationweek @EdWriters "Most also correctly identified all five
essential early reading components defined by the 2000 National Reading Panel report" (p. 5)

See

The Enduring Influence of the National Reading Panel (and the "D" Word) radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2019/05/14/the…

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I have been a teacher educator for 18 years now. I am a strong proponent of Education as a major and a field, but I very much reject certification (the primary mechanism for when pre-service education degrees are ineffective). So here is a thread about a report from @ILAToday 1/x
@ILAToday The ILA report claims 60% of respondents say teacher prep did not prepare them to teach reading literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-s… 2/x
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