tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030220433025894048.post4270615337772668004..comments2023-11-03T08:02:25.369-04:00Comments on AmericanScience: A Team Blog: Trust in Standardized Test ScoresDavid Roth Singermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12841041983824755867noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030220433025894048.post-84733443102885245492012-09-19T14:51:18.019-04:002012-09-19T14:51:18.019-04:00It seemed to me on Sunday, and still seems to me n...It seemed to me on Sunday, and still seems to me now, that the union's negotiators rejected the contract not because of its content but because they wanted to involve the union membership as a whole in the decision. I don't think any observer who genuinely understood the union's priorities—chiefly that it is a democratic union, a phenomenon that seems to shock the city of Chicago and establishment media like the New York Times and NPR—believed the strike was continuing for two more days in order to force additional concessions from the city.<br /><br />The five days of strike last year were of course aimed at gaining concessions, and I'm pretty impressed with <a href="https://coreyrobin.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/ctu-contract-terms.pdf" rel="nofollow">those they achieved</a>, including reducing the role of standardized tests in teacher evaluations.Peter Sachs Collopyhttp://collopy.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030220433025894048.post-68125813288542783572012-09-19T12:13:46.845-04:002012-09-19T12:13:46.845-04:00Thanks, Henry -- No mention of Pinkertons I'm ...Thanks, Henry -- No mention of Pinkertons I'm afraid. :-)<br /><br />My sense is that not a great deal changed between Sunday and now. So why was the contract on Sunday rejected? One reading that would be consistent with my argument is that Union Members knew they could not buck a national trend, but they still wanted to send a clear signal. We might not be able to stop charter schools or standardized testing, but neither will we meet the threat lying down. In the end, they had to accept the contract because everyone knew it was the best they were going to get...Lukashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686764806913124506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030220433025894048.post-75005842209300373232012-09-19T12:05:46.155-04:002012-09-19T12:05:46.155-04:00So, Lukas, any follow-up given the resolution toda...So, Lukas, any follow-up given the resolution today? Did the language of either side's acquiescence link up with your reading of the situation? Any mention of Pinkertons?Hankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841787256060612291noreply@blogger.com