A math teacher argues that the UFT’s Teacher Data Report ad had a bad choice of graphic. (JD2718)
A parent describes the roller coaster of learning her child’s top-flight teachers scored low. (New Yorker)
A Michigan teacher looks at New York and sees value-added troubles ahead at home. (1:1 Classroom)
A critic of value-added metrics hopes the city release is a turning point for the model. (Gary Rubinstein)
Reflecting on his value-added score, a teacher remembers he is in the classroom to stay. (Jose Vilson)
Teachers and commentators from around the country weigh in on the city’s data release. (Atlantic)
Analysis shows that incorporating error margins would change many teachers’ ratings. (Shanker Blog)
Kevin Carey: Any teacher evaluation that offers useful results will have a margin of error. (Quick and Ed)
An economist says using the same tests to evaluate teachers and students is unsound. (U of C Mag)
D.C.’s IMPACT system had little correlation between value-added and principal scores. (Gary Rubinstein)
A principal boils down his opposition to releasing teacher ratings to a single argument. (Practical Theory)
On an academic teacher effectiveness talk that was overshadowed by the data dump. (Ed in the Apple)
Researchers have found that mothers speak less frequently to daughters about math. (Motherlode)
Some elected officials are opposing the city’s plan to “turn around” Flushing High School. (Capital NY)
Unpacking the standards that precede new tests that precede new evaluations. (Ed News Colorado)
Will Johnson: My students like “Of Mice and Men” because they like the hard truth. (GS Community)
The fourth part in a series in which Arne Duncan and an alien talk school reform. (Mr. Foteah)
A New York legislator wants the new federal education law to require science testing. (Politics K-12)
Ed Sec Arne Duncan aced a performance assessment during the NBA’s celebrity game. (Mediabistro)
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