The Answer Sheet Archive: Teacher assessment
2 false claims that drive school reform
"Accountability" and "merit" are compelling concepts, especially when we are talking about adults who are charged with educating our children. But the concepts have been misused in school reform, writes an educator.
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Valerie Strauss
| February 27, 2011; 11:00 AM ET |
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Accountability, Charter schools, Guest Bloggers, Performance pay, Teacher assessment
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accountability movement, charter schools, geoffrey canada, merit pay, michelle rhee, performance pay, school choice, teacher pay, teachers, waiting for superman
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The "three great teachers in a row" myth
It's time to stop the constant recitation that the achievement gap could be closed if all students had three, or four, or five great teachers in a row. Here's a history of the myth.
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Valerie Strauss
| February 25, 2011; 5:00 AM ET |
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Congress, Diane Ravitch, Research, Teacher assessment, Teachers
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center for american progress, diane ravitch, education trust, standardized tests, teacher evaluation, teachers
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The irony of Obama’s ‘help’ for Wisconsin teachers
President Obama’s support to Wisconsin's protesting teachers is ironic, given that teachers and their collective bargaining rights have already been undermined by his education reform policies.
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Valerie Strauss
| February 21, 2011; 11:18 AM ET |
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Race to the Top, Standardized Tests, Teacher assessment, Teachers
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collective bargaining, gov. scott walker, labor, labor movement, madison schools, madison schools closed, madison teachers, wisconsin, wisconsin governor, wisconsin protests, wisconsin teachers
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How can we fairly assess teachers, students, schools?
Here's a discussion about education evaluation systems that don't obsess on standardized test scores.
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Valerie Strauss
| February 8, 2011; 5:00 AM ET |
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Anthony Cody, Guest Bloggers, Standardized Tests, Teacher assessment
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evauation systems, lesson study, national board certification, standardized tests, student assessment, teacher assessment, teacher qualifications
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New study: How L.A. Times teachers data is flawed
Nobody should be surprised about a new study that finds big flaws with last year’s Los Angeles Times project in which it used “value added” methods to rate the effectiveness of more than 6,000 teachers. But feel free to be annoyed.
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Valerie Strauss
| February 7, 2011; 2:18 PM ET |
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Research, Standardized Tests, Teacher assessment, Teachers
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l.a. times, latimes, los angeles times, los angeles times teachers, rand corp., rating schools, rating teachers, teacher effectiveness, teacher evaluation, teacher ratings, teachers, teachers database, value added, value added methods, value added models
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Ronald Reagan's impact on education today
In the category of "the more things change the more they stay the same," it is interesting to look back at Ronald Reagan's education views on the 100th anniversary of his birth. The issues that were controversial back then -- merit pay, standardized testing, vouchers -- remain so today.
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Valerie Strauss
| February 6, 2011; 11:46 AM ET |
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History, School turnarounds/reform, Standardized Tests, Teacher assessment
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merit pay, reagan, reagan 100, reagan administration, reagan birthday, reagan commemoration, reagan policy, ronald reagan, ronald reagan education, ronald reagan policy, ronald reagan views, standardized testing, vouchers
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