Kappan Contributor: Nate Jensen

Students improve even amid evaluation controversy

Oct 1, 2016 | Feature Article

Data show that student learning growth occurred even as the state’s annual performance review failed to make measurable changes in the teaching ranks.

The phantom collapse of student achievement in New York

Oct 1, 2014 | Feature Article

Results from New York’s first Common Core state tests appeared to show a big decline in student achievement. But a deeper look revealed a much different, brighter reality.