Metathinking With Toby Groves, Phd

Perceptions of Paradox Illusions of Professional Skepticism Perceptions of Paradox:   Illusions of Professional Skepticism When I saw Beverly Hall's picture, I was reminded of my favorite elementary school teacher, Mrs. Foreman. Hall was Jamaican- American and her smile, like Mrs. Foreman's,  seemed extraordinarily kind. She was the superintendent of the Atlanta public schools and named the national superintendent of the year in February 2009 by the American  Association of School Administrators. The honor had been earned by raising test scores,  including those on standardized tests that had been designed to hold teachers accountable as part of the No Child Left Behind Act. By October the test scores were under scrutiny after being deemed statistically improbable. The truth was, there was cheating going on. A lot of cheating, but this time it wasn't by students. Erasure patterns were discovered on answer sheets that made it appear as though educators had corrected student's answers immediately after the tes