Value Added Teacher Evaluation

What Do Teachers Need? R-E-S-P-E-C-T!

Tom Allon | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Education, Education Reform, Finland Education, Education Crisis, Teacher Evaluations, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, School Closings, Education News

How did we get to a place in this country where our teaching force of more than three million professionals is being made the scapegoat for all the ills of an educational system that has been in decline for more than five decades?

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Should Controversial Teacher Rankings Be Released To The Public?

| Mihir Zaveri | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Published Teacher Rankings, Teacher Rankings, Teacher Ranking Los Angeles, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Ranking New York, Value Added Teachers, Los Angeles News

This story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Mihir Zaveri The New York City Department of Education’s release earlier this year of teach...

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Publishing Teacher Effectiveness Rankings Draws More Criticism

| Louis Freedberg | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Teacher Data Reports, No Child Left Behind, New York Teacher Ratings, Teacher Rankings, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Public Teacher Ratings, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Video, Education, Dennis Walcott, Value Added Assessment, Teacher Effectiveness, Value Added Teachers, New York Times, Value Added, Teachers, Teacher Ratings, Measures of Effective Teaching, Education News

This story comes to us courtesy of California's EdSource Extra. The release last month of "value-added" rankings of New York City teachers based on...

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Tea Partiers and Teachers Unions Could Unite to Defend Local Control in Louisiana

Fred Bauer | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Teachers Unions, Teacher Tenure, Louisiana, Education Reform, Local Control, Tea Party, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Education News

In the days ahead, perhaps Louisiana will witness the unlikeliest of odd couples: teachers unions and Tea Partiers coming together to defend the tradition of local governance.

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The Rational Middle

Ama Nyamekye | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Good Teaching, Teacher Evaluations, New Teacher Evaluations, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Lausd, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Assessment, Los Angeles News

Our national debate over evaluation lacks the courage and nuance of the real-life conversations I have with hardworking, rational teachers. Instead, the debate is dominated by polarizing sound bites that inspire fear, not rational discourse.

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What Value Is Added by Publicly Shaming Teachers?

Gregory Michie | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: New York City Schools, Linda Darling-Hammond, Education Reform, Chicago Public Schools, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation, Education News

We've already created a climate where good, hard-working educators feel justifiably discouraged and unjustly maligned. The irresponsible use of value-added models will only make things worse.

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Confessions Of A 'Bad' Teacher

The New York Times | William Johnson | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Bad Teachers, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Ratings, Value Added, Value Added Assessments, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, New York Teacher Ratings, Education News

I AM a special education teacher. My students have learning disabilities ranging from autism and attention-deficit disorder to cerebral palsy and emot...

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New York Teacher Ratings Produce A Rallying Cry For The Union

The New York Times | Fernanda Santos | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: New York Teachers Union, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Ratings, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, United Federation of Teachers, New York Teacher Ratings, Michael Mulgrew, Education News

In the days leading up to the release of ratings for thousands of New York City public-school teachers on Friday, hundreds of e-mails poured into the ...

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Using Value-Added Data To Evaluate Tennessee Teachers

| Sarah Garland | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Tennessee Schools, Teacher Evaluations, Tennessee, Achievement Gap, Teacher Assessment, Value Added Teachers, Hechinger Report, Tennessee Teacher Evaluations, Teachers, Tennessee Teachers, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Memphis Education Association, Value-Added, Video, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. It is the second in a series in a collaboration between The Hechinger Report and Memphis Comm...

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Preschool Teacher Sells Chili to Make Ends Meet: Where Are Our Values?

Susan Ochshorn | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Teacher-Bashing, Early-Childhood-Educators, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, We Are the 99 Percent, Preschool Education, Early Childhood Educatio Programs, Early Childhood Education, Education News

Something is really wrong with this picture.

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Moving Beyond the Value-Added Debate: A Teacher's Take

Teach Plus | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Professional Development, Teachers, Education Reform, Teaching, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Education, Education News

Unlike in the business world, where trade secrets, patents, and original ideas can mean the difference between profitable enterprises and those that fail, teachers around the country need to share our best practices.

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The Evil Economics Of Judging Teachers

The Awl | Maria Bustillos | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Teacher Evaluations, Value Added, Teachers, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, National Bureau of Economic Research, Teacher Assessments, Judging Teachers, Education News

The Times and a host of other publications heralded last week's new study extolling the lifelong money-earning benefits of having a good primary/middl...

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Gates Foundation Report: Teachers Should Be Graded On Three Criteria

Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Teacher Evaluations, Classroom Observations, Value Added Assessment, Teacher Training, Teacher Assessment, Standardized Testing, Teachers, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Value-Added, Standardized Test Scores, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Video, Education News

As teacher evaluations are becoming more prevalent in schools across the country amid a growing debate on how best to grade teachers, a new report out...

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The War Over Teacher Evaluations Misses the Point

Teach Plus | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Teachers Union, Education, Lausd, Teachers, Education Reform, Public Education, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation, Education News

Making an impact for kids is the reason we joined this profession. A system that provides options and pathways to do exactly that is one that should excite any teacher.

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Should Teacher Effectiveness Measurements Adjust For Poverty?

| Sarah Garland | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Child Poverty, Teacher Evaluations, Video, School Poverty, Teacher Grading, Student Poverty, Value-Added Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Value-Added Analysis, Teachers, Teacher Ratings, Teacher Grades, Value-Added Teacher Evaluation, Education News

This article comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. In Washington, D.C., one of the first places in the country to use value-added teacher r...

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Does Publicly Naming Teachers Tied To Student Test Scores Undermine Reform?

Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: New York Teachers, Video, Teacher Evaluations, Value Added Teachers, Standardized Tests, Standardized Testing, New York Schools, Teachers, Education Reform, Los Angeles Teachers, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Value-Added, Teacher Performance, Education News

In a departure from recent efforts to publicly name teachers tied to the performance -- and projected performance -- of their students, a new report s...

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Why NCATE?

Timothy D. Slekar | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Assessment, Teacher Education, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Cibulka, Ncate, Education News

How can any credible teacher education program that is constructed on the understandings and deep inquiry about the nature of children, the nature of teachers, and the nature of the teaching milieu continue to align with NCATE?

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Complex New Florida Teacher Evaluations Tied To Student Test Scores

| Laura Isensee and Sarah Butrymowicz | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Teacher Evaluation Formula, Fcat, Standardized Test Scores, Video, Teacher Evaluations, Florida Schools, Florida Teachers, Standardized Tests, Florida Teacher Evaluations, Standardized Testing, Florida, Teachers, Value Added, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Coral Reef Senior High, Education News

This article comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. At Coral Reef Senior High, calculus teacher Orlando Sarduy understands complicated formu...

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Why Can't School "Reformers" Listen to Education Experts?

John Thompson | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Teacher Quality, Eduwonk, Diane Ravich, School Reform, Standardized Testing, Eric Hanushek, Teachers, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Education News

This week's debate between Eric Hanushek and Diane Ravitch exemplifies the tendency of true believers in data-driven policies to refuse to communicate with educators.

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Let's Blame All the Teachers!

Patricia McGuire | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Teacher Evaluations, Dcps-Teachers, Student Learning Outcomes, Teacher Evaluation System, School Reform, Education Reform, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Assessment, Dcps, DC News

For teachers who choose to devote their life's work to some of the most difficult classrooms in America, such as here in D.C., the testing imperative becomes a monumental disincentive to stay in the classroom for any length of time.

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Liberating Inner City Teachers

John Thompson | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Impact, Arne Duncan, Administration Nclb Blueprint, John Merrow, Washington Post, Kaya Henderson, Washington Examiner, Bill Turque, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Education News

A truly brilliant idea for fixing America's inner city schools has come out of Washington. Kwame Brown seeks to recruit top teachers to low performing schools by freeing them for two or three years from the district's oppressive IMPACT evaluation system.

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Report Offers Comprehensive Guide To Developing And Sustaining Teacher Evaluation Systems

Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Teacher Evaluations, Video, Arne Duncan, Teacher Evaluation System, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Teacher Support, Teacher Preparation, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Teacher Assessment, Teachers Union, Education Reform, Teachers, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Education News

In time for Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's presentation of the Obama administration's reforms to teacher preparation programs last week, a new r...

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Teachers, We Honor and Respect You!

Leonie Haimson | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Class Size, Arne Duncan, John Ewing, Teacher Appreciation Week, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Sabrian Shupe Stevens, Education News

It's teacher appreciation week; and in a letter in EdWeek published Monday, Arne Duncan attempts to convince teachers that his policies actually reflect respect towards their profession.

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Teachers Want Evaluations

Grace Snodgrass | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teacher Evaluations, Educators for Excellence, Education Reform, Teachers, Teaching, Value-Added, New York City, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Grace Snodgrass, Education News

One day soon, my name and performance evaluation could be printed in your morning newspaper. It will tell you that I'm a teacher who has clear strengths and weaknesses.

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