Rhee Faces Renewed Scrutiny Over Depiction Of Students' Progress

The Washington Post (2/11, Anderson) reports, "Former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle A. Rhee, known for her crusade to use standardized test scores to help evaluate teachers, is facing renewed scrutiny over her depiction of progress that her students made years ago when she was a schoolteacher. A former D.C. math teacher, Guy Brandenburg, posted on his blog a study that includes test scores from the Baltimore school where Rhee taught" and "Brandenburg contended that the data show Rhee 'lied repeatedly' in an effort to make gains in her class look more impressive than they were. ... Rhee, who resigned last year as chancellor, denied fabricating anything about her record" yet "she acknowledged this week that she could have described her accomplishments differently."