Kingsland, blogging this year on the Education Week website, sparked controversy by challenging superintendents of struggling school districts to relinquish their systems instead of trying endless reforms: «Rid yourself of the notion that your current opinions on curriculum, teacher evaluation, technology, or anything else will be the foundation
for dramatic gains in student achievement.
As reflected
in Figure 1,
achievement gains for students identified as having disabilities have been
dramatic in many grades, with no decrease or even plateauing of performance among the general
student population.