Failing reform.

• Author: Swygert, Kimberly,
• Position: Letters - Letter to the Editor

"Hire Ed" (by Marc S. Tucker and Thomas Toch, March) is not only informational, insightful, unbiased, and brilliant, but it's also the first story I've seen in the mass media that directly touches upon the topic of the need for, and the shortage of, good psycho-metricians. Given the general media bias against testing, I believe that the negative public image is in part responsible for the lack of applicants in my field (along with the high stress and low pay that accompany most DOE jobs).

Kimberly Swygert

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"Hire Ed" is one of the few intelligent analyses of NCLB, and you are to he congratulated for putting it together. The first recommendation in the article, however, is way off base. At this point in time, states should be rewarded for...