Coverage of the Global Report Card continues to roll in. Here is a current list:
Global Report Card Results and Article
Op-eds
Interviews
Wall Street Journal (video)
Education Next (video)
Education Next (podcast)
Dallas Morning News (Q&A)
Choice Media.TV (video)
News
Dallas Morning News (subscription required, although a version can be read here)
Arkansas Democrat Gazette (subscription required)
Roll Call (article by Morton Kondracke)
East Valley Tribune (Arizona)
Blogs
Criticism
The last blog post contained some criticisms about whether the assumptions for the analysis were reasonable. Josh McGee replied in the comment section of that post. And NCES Commissioner, Jack Buckley, told Education Week that “The methodology in this report is highly questionable.” This assessment is a little strange because what we did was similar to what the U.S. Department of Education has done in several past reports linking international test results to state NAEP results. (See for example this.) We just bring the results down to the district level. If ours is highly questionable, then the U.S. Department of Education’s own efforts must also be questionable.
(UPDATED 12-19-11)
Jay P. Greene's Blog 
I love how people with no legitimate points to make throw around the meaningless word “questionable.” What on Earth would an “unquestionable” empirical study look like? (Other than the studies on global warming, of course, which all decent people agree are unquestionable.)
Well that’s pretty depressing.
In terms of improving the study the thing I’d like to see added is some sort of comparison of expenditures.
Looking at the results for the DPS can only result in a sigh of resignation but knowing that the public’s paying a high price monetarily for crappy results might make the need to take action a bit more urgent.
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