tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20401158.post113994172641470071..comments2017-12-16T04:31:36.723-06:00Comments on VARC Blog: NGA Center for Best PracticesChris Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03962197099952187855noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20401158.post-1143568402536636772006-03-28T11:53:00.000-06:002006-03-28T11:53:00.000-06:00Chris,Last para here highlights an interesting pie...Chris,<BR/>Last para here highlights an interesting piece of behind-the-scenes jockeying within USED, a core "pusher" for the NGA Summit. As you know, Russ Whitehurst has pushed hard for scientific rigor, causally conclusive demonstrations of what works. <BR/> <BR/>Since Tom Luce has joined USED, there's now been a (re-)opening of a push for what was once called "best practices": find schools that do well and bring home what works there to your own school. You see that approach in Just 4 Kids web site, Standard and Poor's, even WINSS. <BR/><BR/>At Tom's prodding (I think), NRC in February hosted an expert panel to develop criteria for assessing "promising practices". The panel was given a graphic that laid out three sets of things-that-work: (a) scientifically proven, (b) promising practices, and (c) theoretically based. (a) would seem to be the WWC/Whitehurst approach, (b) the business community/Luce approach, and (c) the academic route.<BR/>ArieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com