tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post2248325620532984421..comments2024-02-24T19:49:45.687-05:00Comments on Schools Matter: Against Evaluating Massachusetts Teachers Using Student Test ScoresJames Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-91760239137863398222011-04-28T12:21:40.960-04:002011-04-28T12:21:40.960-04:00Alexandra,
From the way you are mis-reading the N...Alexandra,<br /><br />From the way you are mis-reading the NRC message, I would suggest you have a real future with Gates and Duncan as a point person in the ongoing misinformation campaign. Here's the relevant part of what the NRC Memo said:<br /><br />While the Council supports the further development of data collecting systems that can link students and their teachers, they see this “as essential for conducting research related to the full range of potential approaches for evaluating educators and for developing pilot programs for evaluation approaches that will one day become operational.” <br /><br />They expressed concerns that the department's proposal ”places too much emphasis on measures of growth in student achievement (1) that have not yet been adequately studied for the purposes of evaluating teachers and principals and (2) that face substantial practical barriers to being successfully deployed in an operational personnel system that is fair, reliable, and valid.”<br />Source: http://blogcea.org/2009/10/14/national-research-council-issues-caution-on-value-added-assessment/James Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-6849912572244393962011-04-28T11:23:21.218-04:002011-04-28T11:23:21.218-04:00According the National Research Council, more rese...According the National Research Council, more research definitely needs to be done, but not on the value-added measure itself. They suggested implementing more pilot programs so it can be used more effectively in evaluating teachers. They were clear in that they thought is was a useful measure, but that it should be part of a multifaceted evaluation program. Is the state of Massachusetts suggesting an evaluation program solely based on value-added?Alexandra Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17640421844468483725noreply@blogger.com