WHAT YOU TALKIN' 'BOUT, WILLIS?

NCLB creates a new statistical paradigm: The Bell Line

This article shared by a Facebook friend reinforces an idea I've had that No Child Left Behind testing has created a delusional view of what's going on in schools today. Thus I give you to use or ignore: The Bell Line--all kids are now above average.Education Week: NCLB Testing Said to Give 'Illusions of Progress'

rampantly inflated standardized test scores are giving the misbegotten impression that, as in the fictional town made famous by radio personality Garrison Keillor, all children are above average.